If you are looking for fresh snow by Christmas morning or are curious about potential travel disruptions, the best chances for at least 1" of new snowfall early this week exist across the mountainous West, Great Lakes, and Northeast. Otherwise, temperatures this last full week of December will average above normal for much of the lower 48 states. Read More >
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Various Alert Receivers |
INTERNET |
SATELLITE |
RADIO |
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TELEPHONE |
TELEVISION |
Used to receive the local EAS |
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RCA AlertGuard TV |
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NWR built-in |
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Auto-tune to Channel Broadcast |
Yes; English and Spanish text and voice; tone alert, and channel switch to selected weather channel for more information. |
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NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) Receivers (162.400 MHz – 162.550 MHz) |
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7-frequencies; Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) within 40 miles of NWR tower |
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Yes; can activate flashers and bed shakers for critical alerts and warnings . |
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NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) over computer |
XMPP Software and filter |
Novra DVB-S2 Satellite Receiver system; C-band 1.8m dish or larger |
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Some software has the capability to send e-mail notifications upon receipt of particular message type or outage. |
Some software has the capability to call a number when a particular product is received. |
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Yes; some software has the capability for a tone alert for product receipt or system outages. |
| NWS API over computer | User Created or Commercial solution |
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| iNWS over computer | Restricted Access | Restricted Access
SMS text messaging |
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Commercial Telephone Applications |
Depends on software |
There may be a service fee or cost |
Depends on software |
Depends on software |
Depends on software |
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Yes |
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Commercial Software Applications |
There may be a service fee or cost |
There may be a service fee or cost |
Depends on software
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Yes |
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iPhone/Android |
There may be a service fee or cost |
There may be a service fee or cost |
Depends on software |
Depends on software |
Depends on software |
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Yes |
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Blackberry |
There may be a service fee or cost |
There may be a service fee or cost |
Depends on software
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Depends on software |
Depends on software |
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Yes |
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Personal Computers (other software/ applications) |
NWWS-OI, NWS FTP Anonymous, other applications |
NWWS-PID201, EMWIN; other satellite applications for GOES products. May require a satellite dish. |
Depends on software |
Depends on software |
Depends on software
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Yes |
See DISSEMINATION for other available options
