PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...PART 8 OF 9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI

...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...

...WISCONSIN WINTER AWARENESS WEEK IS NOVEMBER 7-11...

........HOW TO RECEIVE WEATHER INFORMATION AND EMERGENCY ALERTS
FOR NON-WEATHER RELATED EVENTS AROUND THE CLOCK.........
THE ALL-HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS A NATION-WIDE SERVICE PROVIDED
TO THE PUBLIC BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...WHICH IS A PART OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/S NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION /NOAA/.

     -OVER 900 ALL-HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTERS ARE
       CURRENTLY IN OPERATION IN THE U.S. AND ITS TERRITORIES.
     -THE ALL-HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO PROVIDES CONTINUOUS
       BROADCASTS OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM
       WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES SPREAD ACROSS THE NATION.
     -NON-WEATHER RELATED EMERGENCY MESSAGES CAN BE BROADCAST...
       RANGING FROM ALERTS FROM CHEMICAL SPILLS TO TERRORIST ATTACKS.

.......WISCONSIN ALL-HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO COVERAGE.......
SEVEN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN WISCONSIN... MINNESOTA...
ILLINOIS AND IOWA PROVIDE PROGRAMMING FOR 33 ALL-HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER
RADIO STATIONS THAT HAVE PARTIAL OR FULL BROADCAST COVERAGE IN
WISCONSIN.

......WHAT IS BROADCAST ON THE ALL-HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO......
TAPED WEATHER MESSAGES ARE REPEATED EVERY FOUR TO SIX MINUTES AND
ARE ROUTINELY UPDATED.  LIVE BROADCASTS ARE MADE DURING TIMES OF
SEVERE WEATHER... TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER
DEVELOPMENTS.

     -ROUTINE...DAILY BROADCASTS CONTAIN WEATHER INFORMATION
       REGARDING TRAVEL WITHIN ABOUT A DAY/S DRIVE OF WISCONSIN.
     -WEATHER FORECASTS FOR LOCAL AREAS AND EXTENDED OUT-LOOKS.
     -HOURLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS.
     -SHORT TERM FORECASTS FOR THE NEXT 6 HOURS.
     -WHERE APPLICABLE...MARINE FORECASTS.

..............CRITICAL BROADCAST INFORMATION...................
FOR CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WEATHER EVENTS OR OTHER SERIOUS NON-
WEATHER RELATED HAZARDS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY...THE RADIO TRANSMITTER
WILL EMIT A DISTINCTIVE AUDIBLE TONE SIGNAL THAT WILL ACTIVATE
SPECIAL WEATHER RADIO RECEIVERS.

     -TONE ALERTS ARE USED FOR WARNINGS FOR WEATHER HAZARDS SUCH AS
       TORNADOES... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...FLASH FLOODS...AND
       SOMETIMES FOR SERIOUS WINTER STORMS AND BLIZZARDS.
     -THESE RADIOS WILL AUTOMATICALLY TURN ON OR EMIT A HIGH-PITCH
       TONE SIGNAL.
     -ROUTINE PROGRAMMING IS REDUCED DURING THESE CRITICAL PERIODS...
       WITH MOST BROADCAST INFORMATION RELATED TO THE HAZARD.

.....WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN ALL-HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO.....
WHEN LOOKING FOR A WEATHER RADIO...MAKE SURE IT HAS THE TONE-ALERT
FEATURE...AND IS ABLE TO OPERATE AUTOMATICALLY ON BATTERIES IN CASE
COMMERCIAL POWER FAILS.

     -TONE ALERT RADIOS RANGE FROM 30 TO 80 DOLLARS AND ARE AVAILABLE
       AT MANY STORES THAT SELL RADIO EQUIPMENT.

     -YOU MAY WISH TO PURCHASE A NEW WEATHER RADIO THAT HAS A FEATURE
       THAT ALLOWS ONE TO SELECTIVELY PROGRAM IT TO BE TONE-ALERTED
       FOR WARNINGS ISSUED FOR SPECIFIC COUNTIES. THIS FEATURE ALLOWS
       ONE TO BLOCK OUT TONE-ALERTS FOR WARNINGS FOR OTHER COUNTIES
       IN THE BROADCAST COVERAGE AREA OF AN ALL-HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER
       RADIO.

.......ALL-HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO TECHNOLOGY.............
THE NEW WEATHER RADIOS ARE BASED ON NEW TECHNOLOGY...CALLED EAS
/EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM/...THAT ELECTRONICALLY CONNECTS ALL RADIO
AND TELEVISION STATIONS... CABLE TV OUTLETS... AND THE NWS.

     -THE NWS/S ENTRY INTO EAS IS VIA ITS ALL-HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER
       RADIO NETWORK THAT INCORPORATES NEW TECHNOLOGY CALLED
       /SAME/  ...SPECIFIC AREA MESSAGE ENCODER.

THINK ABOUT IT...WOULDN/T A NEW ALL-HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO BE A
GREAT GIFT FOR SOMEONE YOU CARE ABOUT?  INFORMATION BROADCAST ON
AN ALL-HAZARDS NOAA WEATHER RADIO CAN SAVE A LIFE.