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Back-to-Back Pacific Storms to Impact the West Coast; Heavy Snow in the Central Appalachians

Back-to-back powerful Pacific storm systems to impact the Pacific Northwest and northern California through the end of this week with heavy rain, flooding, strong winds, and higher elevation mountain snow. A strong, long-duration atmospheric river will accompany the Pacific storms, bringing excessive rainfall and flash flooding to southwest Oregon and northwest California through the week. Read More >

 

NWS DISSEMINATION PLATFORMS

INTERNET

SATELLITE

RADIO BROADCAST

E-MAIL

TELEPHONE

TELEVISION

ACTIVATES the local
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EA
S)

 

NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS)

https://weather.gov/nwws

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

PID201; WMO format only

 

NWWS.Issue@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 (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

New User FAQs for Partners

https://www.noaa.gov/NWSChat

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

 

OTHER AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS

INTERNET

SATELLITE

RADIO BROADCAST

E-MAIL

TELEPHONE

TELEVISION

ACTIVATES the local
EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EA
S)

 

The International Justice and Public Safety Network(Nlets)

https://www.nlets.org/

Restricted Access; see Nlets website for details

         

NO

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    

NO

 

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

Sign-up required

 

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

Ham Radio Operators

   

Depends on individual Operator