A winter storm is moving across the eastern U.S. this weekend. Heavy snow will fall over northern New York into northern New England through early Monday. Heavy rainfall will continue areas of flash flooding from the mid-Mississippi Valley into the central Appalachians into Sunday. Severe thunderstorms may bring damaging winds and tornadoes to parts of the Southeast U.S. this weekend. Read More >
NWS DISSEMINATION PLATFORMS |
INTERNET |
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TELEVISION |
ACTIVATES the local EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)
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NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) |
Open Interface (OI); XMPP format only; sign-up required |
PID201; WMO format only |
Yes; WMO or XMPP formats available |
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NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (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. |
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NWS FTP Anonymous https://www.weather.gov/tg/dataprod |
All NWS products in WMO format only. |
NO |
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Interactive NWS (iNWS) |
Restricted Access; see iNWS website for details. |
E-mail notifications can be received on some phones. |
NO |
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SBN/NOAAPORT PID101-108 |
All NWS products; text products in WMO format; alerts and warnings in CAP v1.2 format. |
Yes; WMO format and CAPv1.2 available |
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NWS Chat |
Restricted Access; see NWSchat website for details |
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Emergency Manager’s https://weather.gov/emwin/ |
GOES – East and GOES West; products in WMO format via High Rate Information Transmission |
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Marine Weather |
Ocean Prediction Center |
(828) 271-4800 |
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Local Weather Contacts |
Weather |
NO |
OTHER AGENCIES & ORGANIZATIONS |
INTERNET |
SATELLITE |
RADIO BROADCAST |
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TELEPHONE |
TELEVISION |
ACTIVATES the local EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS)
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The International Justice and Public Safety Network(Nlets) |
Restricted Access; see Nlets website for details |
NO |
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) |
Restricted access; see FEMA IPAWS website for details. |
Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) |
Yes; CAP v1.2 format only. |
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United States Coast Guard (USCG) |
VHF voice and marine |
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 |
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TELEPHONE |
TELEVISION |
EMERGENCY ALERT |
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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 |
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FM Radio Broadcasts |
88 MHz – 108 MHz |
Check with station |
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AM Radio Broadcasts |
535 kHz – 1605 kHz |
Check with station |
NON-COMMERCIAL DISSEMINATION PLATFORMS |
INTERNET |
SATELLITE |
RADIO |
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TELEPHONE |
TELEVISION |
EMERGENCY ALERT |
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Local Emergency Agency |
Sign-up required |
Sign-up required |
E-mail, text, and telephone notifications possible. Check with local Emergency Management Agency. |
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Ham Radio Operators |
Depends on individual Operator |