Heavy Snow and Disruptive Ice in the Upper Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains

A late season winter storm will produce a combination of heavy snow and disruptive ice starting this evening in the Northern Plains and moving into the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes by tonight continuing through Thursday. Severe thunderstorms will likely produce severe wind gusts, large hail, a few tornadoes, and heavy rainfall across the southern and central Plains today. Read More >

Various Alert Receivers	INTERNET	SATELLITE	RADIO	E-MAIL	TELEPHONE	TELEVISION	Used to receive the local EAS
RCA AlertGuard TV			NWR built-in			Auto-tune to Channel Broadcast	Yes; English and Spanish text and voice; tone alert, and channel switch to selected weather channel for more information.
NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) Receivers (162.400 MHz – 162.550 MHz)			7-frequencies; Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) within 40 miles of NWR tower				Yes; can activate flashers and bed shakers for critical alerts and warnings .
NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) over computer	XMPP Software and filter	Novra DVB-S2 Satellite Receiver system; C-band 1.8m dish or larger		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.		Yes; some software has the capability for a tone alert for product receipt or system outages.
Commercial Telephone Applications	Depends on software	There may be a service fee or cost	Depends on software	Depends on software	Depends on software		Yes
Commercial Software Applications	There may be a service fee or cost	There may be a service fee or cost	Depends on software				Yes
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		Yes
Blackberry	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		Yes
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		Yes

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Heavy Snow and Disruptive Ice in the Upper Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains

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