Dissemination

Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

The extremely dangerous heat wave continues across the East Coast and much of the South-Central U.S. today. Record high temperatures are expected for some areas especially across the Mid-Atlantic where extreme heat risk conditions reside. There is a Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms today for the northern Mid-Atlantic into portions of southern New England. Read More >

NWS DISSEMINATION
PLATFORMS

INTERNET

SATELLITE

RADIO BROADCAST

E-MAIL

TELEPHONE

TELEVISION

ACTIVATES
the local
EMERGENCY
ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)

NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS)

https://weather.gov/nwws

Open Interface (OI); XMPP format only;
sign-up required

PID201; WMO format only

NWWS.Help@noaa.gov

Yes; WMO or XMPP formats available

NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR)

https://weather.gov/nwr

162.400 MHz -162.550 MHz; within 40 miles of NWR tower.

RCA AlertGuard TV sets

Yes; WMO format only; off-air capture possible; uses SAME code to alert at-risk area receivers.

NWS FTP Anonymous

https://www.weather.gov/tg/dataprod

(Users cannot maintain 24-hour connectivity)

All NWS products in WMO format only.

See Product
Dissemination (https://www.
weather.gov/
NWWS/)

Interactive NWS (iNWS)

https://inws.ncep.noaa.gov/

Restricted Access; see iNWS website for details.

E-mail notifications can be received on some phones.

SBN/NOAAPORT PID101-108

https://www.weather.gov/noaaport/

All NWS products; text products in WMO format; alerts and warnings in CAP v1.2 format.

Yes; WMO format and CAPv1.2 available

NWS Chat

https://nwschat.weather.gov/

Restricted Access; see NWSchat website for details

Emergency Manager’s
Weather Information Network (EMWIN)

https://weather.gov/emwin/

https://www.goes-r.gov/users/hrit.html

GOES – East and GOES West; products in WMO format via

High Rate Information Transmission

Marine Weather
Contacts

https://www.weather.gov/marine/

Ocean Prediction Center

https://ocean.
weather.gov/
marine_areas.php

(828) 271-4800

Local Weather Contacts

https://www.
weather.gov/stormready/contact

Weather

https://www.weather.gov/

OTHER AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS

INTERNET

SATELLITE

RADIO BROADCAST

E-MAIL

TELEPHONE

TELEVISION

ACTIVATES
the local
EMERGENCY
ALERT SYSTEM
(EAS)

The International Justice and Public Safety Network(Nlets)

https://www.nlets.org/

Restricted Access; see Nlets website for details

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

https://www.fema.gov/how-sign-ipaws

Restricted access; see FEMA IPAWS website for details.

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

Yes; CAP v1.2 format only.

United States Coast Guard (USCG)

https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=mtvhf

VHF voice and marine
radio fax for coastal marine
ones

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
radiofax.shtml

https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Human-Resources-CG-1/Strategy-and-HR-Capability-CG-1B/AWS-E

COMMERCIAL DISSEMINATION PLATFORMS	INTERNET	RADIO	TELEPHONE	TELEVISION	EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)
Local Television Stations	Some Television-Weather Applications	RCA AlertGuard TV sets	Some Television-Weather Applications	Television sets; local stations for weather and EAS.	Check with local Channel/ station
FM Radio Broadcasts		88 MHz – 108 MHz			Check with station
AM Radio Broadcasts		535 kHz – 1605 kHz			Check with station

COMMERCIAL DISSEMINATION PLATFORMS

INTERNET

SATELLITE

RADIO

E-MAIL

TELEPHONE

TELEVISION

EMERGENCY ALERT
SYSTEM (EAS)

Local Television Stations

Some Television-Weather Applications

RCA AlertGuard TV sets

Some Television-Weather Applications

Television sets; local stations for weather and EAS.

Check with local
Channel/ station

FM Radio Broadcasts

88 MHz – 108 MHz

Check with station

AM Radio Broadcasts

535 kHz – 1605 kHz

Check with station

NON-COMMERCIAL DISSEMINATION PLATFORMS

INTERNET

SATELLITE

RADIO

E-MAIL

TELEPHONE

TELEVISION

EMERGENCY ALERT
SYSTEM (EAS)

Local Emergency Agency

Sign-up required

E-mail, text, and telephone notifications possible. Check with local Emergency Management Agency.

Ham Radio Operators

Depends on individual Operator

NWS DISSEMINATION PLATFORMS	INTERNET	SATELLITE	RADIO BROADCAST	E-MAIL	TELEPHONE	TELEVISION	ACTIVATES the local EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)
NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) https://weather.gov/nwws	Open Interface (OI); XMPP format only; sign-up required	PID201; WMO format only		NWWS.Help@noaa.gov			Yes; WMO or XMPP formats available
NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) https://weather.gov/nwr			162.400 MHz -162.550 MHz; within 40 miles of NWR tower.			RCA AlertGuard TV sets	Yes; WMO format only; off-air capture possible; uses SAME code to alert at-risk area receivers.
NWS FTP Anonymous https://www.weather.gov/tg/dataprod (Users cannot maintain 24-hour connectivity)	All NWS products in WMO format only. See Product Dissemination (https://www. weather.gov/ NWWS/)						NO
Interactive NWS (iNWS) https://inws.ncep.noaa.gov/				Restricted Access; see iNWS website for details.	E-mail notifications can be received on some phones.		NO
SBN/NOAAPORT PID101-108 https://www.weather.gov/noaaport/		All NWS products; text products in WMO format; alerts and warnings in CAP v1.2 format.					Yes; WMO format and CAPv1.2 available
NWS Chat https://nwschat.weather.gov/	Restricted Access; see NWSchat website for details						NO
Emergency Manager’s Weather Information Network (EMWIN) https://weather.gov/emwin/ https://www.goes-r.gov/users/hrit.html		GOES – East and GOES West; products in WMO format via High Rate Information Transmission					NO
Marine Weather Contacts https://www.weather.gov/marine/	Ocean Prediction Center https://ocean. weather.gov/ marine_areas.php				(828) 271-4800		NO
Local Weather Contacts https://www. weather.gov/stormready/contact	Weather https://www.weather.gov/						NO