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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO IDAHO
415 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008
IDZ017>025-031-032-130600-
EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS- UPPER
SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN- SOUTH CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH
MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST
RIVER/PAHSIMEROI-
415 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2008
...THE WEEK OF MAY 4-10 IS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN
IDAHO...OREGON AND WASHINGTON...
..NOAA WEATHER RADIO / ALL HAZARDS INFORMATION
NOAA WEATHER RADIO USES THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM TO ALARM RADIOS
WHEN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
WHAT IS THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM?...
THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM / EAS / IS USED BY ALL BROADCASTERS
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AS A MEANS OF ALERTING THE PUBLIC TO
LIFE AND PROPERTY THREATENING SITUATIONS. A DIGITAL BURST OF DATA
CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT THE DANGER SUCH AS WHAT THE THREAT
ISWHERE IT ISAND WHEN THE THREAT WILL EXIST. WHEN THE EAS SYSTEM IS
ACTIVATED EITHER A VOICE IS HEARD AND/OR A VOICE AND TEXT CRAWL FOR
TV IS DISPLAYED DESCRIBING THE THREAT. SPECIALLY BUILT RADIO AND TV
RECEIVERS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF TURNING THEMSELVES ON UPON RECEIPT OF
AN EAS SIGNAL. SO EVEN IF YOUR RADIO IS OFFIF AN ALARM IS
TRANSMITTED...YOUR RADIO WILL TURN ON AND NOTIFY YOU OF THE THREAT.
WHERE CAN YOU GET RADIOS AND TVS THAT ARE EAS EQUIPPED?...
ASK YOUR LOCAL ELECTRONICS DEALER OR SEARCH THE INTERNET FOR
PRODUCTS THAT ARE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM ENABLED. INEXPENSIVE NOAA
WEATHER RADIOS THAT ARE EAS ENABLED ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT A
VARIETY OF ELECTRONIC STORES. EAS ENABLED TVS ARE RELATIVELY NEW
BUT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. MOST OF THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO RECEIVERS
CAN BE PLACED IN A SILENT STANDBY MODE READY TO SOUND THE ALARM WHEN
A WARNING IS ISSUED. A LIST OF ALL HAZARDS RADIOS CAN BE FOUND AT
WEATHER.GOV/NWR.
WHAT KIND OF WARNINGS ARE TRANSMITTED WITH THE EAS SIGNAL?...
MOST WARNINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE WEATHER RELATED. IN TORNADO
ALLEY MOST WARNINGS ARE EITHER TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNINGS. IN FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS LIKE THE DESERT SOUTHWESTMANY
OF THE WARNINGS ARE FOR FLASH FLOODS. IN MANY PARTS OF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...THERE COULD BE A MIX OF ALL THREE.
IN ADDITION TO WEATHER WARNINGS...EAS CAN BE USED BY LOCAL CIVIL
AUTHORITIES TO WARN OF A CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY OR HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS SPILL SUCH AS A TANKER TRUCK ACCIDENT INVOLVING DANGEROUS
CHEMICALS.
WHAT SHOULD I DO WHEN AN EAS WARNING IS HEARD ON RADIO OR TV?...
LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE MESSAGE. WHEN AN EAS ACTIVATION OCCURS THE
BROADCASTER...OR TEXT MESSAGE ON TV...WILL DESCRIBE THE REASON FOR
THE ACTIVATIONTHE LOCATION WHERE THE THREAT EXISTSAND THE TIME FRAME
WHEN THE HAZARD IS EXPECTED TO EXIST. INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO AVOID
THE THREAT MAY ALSO BE PART OF THE MESSAGE.
THE EAS SYSTEM IS TESTED ON WEEKLY AND MONTHLY BASIS. THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE ALSO CONDUCTS TESTS ON THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO
USUALLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. LISTEN FOR THE TESTS SO YOU
RECOGNIZE WHAT AN EAS ACTIVATION SOUNDS LIKE. WHEN A REAL
ACTIVATION TAKES PLACE... YOU WILL BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZE
THE EAS SOUND.
HOW DO I HEAR NOAA WEATHER RADIO?...
NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS BROADCAST ON FREQUENCIES RANGING FROM 162.400
MHZ TO 162.550 MHZ. THIS FREQUENCY RANGE IS JUST ABOVE THE NORMAL
FM BAND. SPECIAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO RECEIVERS CAN BE PURCHASED OR
MANY MULTI BAND RADIOS ALSO INCLUDE THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FREQUENCIES. YOU CAN CHECK FOR YOUR NEAREST TRANSMITTER AT
WEATHER.GOV/NWR.
WHEN IMPORTANT INFORMATION MUST BE RELAYED QUICKLY TO THE PUBLIC EAS
WILL MOST LIKELY BE USED. WHEN YOU HEAR THE EAS ALERT SIGNALPAY
ATTENTION TO THE INFORMATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. THE
INFORMATION YOU HEAR WILL KEEP YOU OUT OF HARMS WAY.
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TODAY ENDS THE SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT TIME FOR ALL
INDIVIDUALS...FAMILIES...BUSINESSES...SCHOOLS...RADIO AND TELEVISION
STATIONS TO REVIEW THEIR SEVERE WEATHER PREPAREDNESS PLANS.
YOU MAY LEARN MORE FROM OUR INTERNET PREPAREDNESS WEB PAGES AT
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/SEVEREWEATHER/INDEX.SHTML
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY.PHP
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/POCATELLO
THIS MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR LOCAL NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE STAFFAND LOCAL AND STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS.
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