NOAA Weather Radio

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
342 AM CST MON FEB 21 2011

...CONTINUING SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN LOUISIANA...
ARKANSAS...TEXAS...AND OKLAHOMA...

TODAYS TOPIC IS NOAA WEATHER RADIO...

NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROADCASTS UNINTERRUPTED WEATHER INFORMATION
DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC 24 HOURS PER DAY. NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS THE
FASTEST WAY TO RECEIVE WARNINGS OF HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
WEATHER EVENTS. THUS...NOAA WEATHER RADIO SAVES HUNDREDS OF LIVES
EACH YEAR.

NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS ON SEVEN VHF FREQUENCIES RANGING FROM
162.400 TO 162.550 MEGAHERTZ. THESE BROADCASTS CAN GENERALLY BE
RECEIVED UP TO 40 MILES FROM THE TRANSMITTER SITE...BUT CAN VARY
DEPENDING ON THE QUALITY OF YOUR RECEIVER...LOCAL TERRAIN AND
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS.

NOAA WEATHER RADIO PROGRAMMING INCLUDES...
...WEATHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
...LOCATION...MOVEMENT AND IMPACTS OF THREATENING WEATHER.
...CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LOCAL FORECASTS.
...CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGES AND AMBER ALERTS.
...LOCAL CLIMATE DATA.

WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE TONE ALERTED TO ACTIVATE THE NOAA WEATHER
RADIO RECEIVERS WITH A BUILT IN TONE ALERT FEATURE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECOMMENDS THAT EVERYONE HAVE A NOAA
WEATHER RADIO IN THEIR HOME OR BUSINESS. THESE RADIOS MAY BE
PURCHASED AT YOUR LOCAL ELECTRONIC STORES...ANY DEPARTMENT STORE AND
EVEN ON THE INTERNET. IN THE FUTURE...NOAA WEATHER RADIO TECHNOLOGY
WILL EVEN BE INCORPORATED INTO SOME NEW TELEVISIONS AND ON CELL
PHONES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED IN
MAKING SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK A SUCCESS.