FW: Weather Warnings Public Information Statement

[Evans Mitchell KD4EFM / AFA4TH FL / WQFK-894]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: WCF-SKYWARN-WARNINGS at yahoogroups.com 
>[mailto:WCF-SKYWARN-WARNINGS at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of 
>Times Weather Server
>Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:58 AM
>To: WCF-SKYWARN-WARNINGS at yahoogroups.com; adorn at sptimes.com
>Subject: {Disarmed} Weather Warnings Public Information Statement
>Importance: High
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>PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
>NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
>955 AM EST WED JAN 28 2009
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>...LIVE TORNADO WARNING DRILL COMING UP WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4TH...
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>THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS) WILL BE ACTIVATED 
>WEDNESDAY...FEBRUARY 4TH...AT 10:10 AM EST. IN THE EVENT OF 
>ADVERSE WEATHER...THE DRILL WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL 
>FRIDAY...FEBRUARY 6TH...AT 10:10 AM EST.
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>THE EAS SYSTEM WILL BE ACTIVATED AS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
>OFFICES THROUGHOUT FLORIDA ISSUE A TEST TORNADO WARNING AS 
>PART OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK. WE ARE USING AN 
>ACTUAL EAS TORNADO EVENT CODE THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF A REQUIRED 
>WEEKLY TEST EVENT CODE THAT WE HAVE USED IN YEARS PAST.
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>WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU?
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>1. WEATHER RADIO RADIOS WILL BE ALERTED. SOME WILL SCROLL 
>"TORNADO WARNING."
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>2. SOME BROADCASTERS AND CABLE COMPANIES MAY CHOOSE TO 
>INTERRUPT PROGRAMMING TO BROADCAST THE TEST TORNADO WARNING. 
>SOME AUTOMATED SYSTEMS MAY PRODUCE A SCROLL ON THE TELEVISION 
>THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE WORD "TEST."
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>3. SOME WEATHER RADIOS WILL RECEIVE MULTIPLE TORNADO WARNINGS 
>BECAUSE THE WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER SENDS WARNINGS FROM MORE 
>THAN ONE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. FOR EXAMPLE...THE 
>SUMTERVILLE TRANSMITTER COVERS 3 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
>OFFICES AND WILL TRANSMIT TORNADO WARNINGS FROM 
>RUSKIN...MELBOURNE...AND JACKSONVILLE.
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