Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. 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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Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

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