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Heat and Fire Weather Concerns in the West; Excessive Rainfall Possible in the South-Central U.S.

Heat will build over the Intermountain West and the Southwest the next couple of days. Lightning from dry thunderstorms can create new fire starts and combined with gusty winds may cause a fire to rapidly grow in Oregon and northern California. Flash flooding will be possible in New Mexico and west Texas today, as well as parts of the southern and central Plains due to slow moving thunderstorms. Read More >

EAS Digital Code Product List for the Baltimore-Washington Weather Forecast Office Broadcast Service Area

 

The following products will include a 1050 Hz tone-alert and SAME (digital coding) :

  • Tornado Watch - TOA
  • Tornado Warning - TOR
  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch - SVA
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning - SVR
  • Special Marine Warning - SMW
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  • Flash Flood Watch - FFA
  • Flash Flood Warning - FFW
  • Flood Warning - FLW
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  • Tropical Storm Watch - TRA
  • Tropical Storm Warning - TRW
  • Hurricane Watch - HUA
  • Hurricane Warning - HUW
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  • Winter Storm Warning - WSW
  • Blizzard Warning - BZW
  • Snow Squall Warning - SQW
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  • High Wind Warnings - HWW
  • Coastal Flood Warning - CFW
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  • Civil Danger Warning - CDW
  • Civil Emergency Message - CEM
  • Emergency Action Notification - EAN
  • Earthquake Warning - EQW
  • Alarmed Eviction Warning - EVI
  • Fire Warning - FRW
  • Hazardous Materials Warning - HMW
  • Local Area Emergency - LAE
  • Law Enforcement Warning - LEW
  • Nuclear Power Plant Warning - NUW
  • Radiological Hazard Warning - RHW
  • Shelter in Place Warning - SPW
  • 911 Telephone Emergency Outage - TOE
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  • Weekly Test Message - RWT