Keeping you Safe

5/20/2020 (Permalink)

Do you have a good quality weather radio?

A weather radio is designed to alert you to potentially dangerous weather, such as an approaching tornado, massive hailstorm, or hurricane. It allows you to be warned ahead of storms providing you time to seek shelter. A weather radio is the most reliable source for weather alerts.

When shopping for a weather radio, look for the following key features:

• Reviewable alerts (you can scroll through alerts and turn off the siren for alerts you do not wish to hear)
•  Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) alert programming- alerts when specific counties are threatened, ensuring you only receive alerts from your county.
•  Ease of programming

If you need help programming your weather radio, you can always contact your local National Weather Service Office or for additional information, including county codes for your state, visit the NoAA weather radio website.

https://www.weather.gov/nwr/