Severe thunderstorms producing damaging winds, hail and possibly a few tornadoes are expected across parts of the central Plains and the Missouri Valley. Heavy rainfall and flash flooding is also expected in the area. Thunderstorms and heavy rain may also bring additional flooding impacts to the central Appalachians. High temperatures and critical fire weather conditions expected in the Southwest. Read More >
......NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio |
As the "voice of the National Weather Service", NOAA Weather Radio provides broadcasts of the latest warnings, advisories, forecasts, and observations, 24 hours a day, every day. Five weather radio transmitters broadcast weather information to the greater San Francisco Bay Area and Monterey Bay Area. They include:
To report a NWR Transmitter problem click here NOAA Weather radio broadcasts are made on frequencies in the high band FM ranging from 162.400 to 162.550 MHz. Unfortunately these frequencies are not found on the average home radio now in use. However, a number of radio manufacturers offer special weather radios that operate on these frequencies. Some of these radios offer a special tone alert feature which automatically sounds a loud tone and turns the radio on when life and/or property are in danger. The NWR weather warning signals from the NWS offices nationwide now are transmitted with WRSAME technology which allow for the warning of just one county instead of the entire broadcast area. |
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