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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
514 AM EST MON FEB 2 2009

TODAY'S TOPIC FOR SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN GEORGIA IS NOAA 
WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS.

NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR NWR...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...BROADCASTS WATCHES..WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
FORECASTS...CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND OTHER HAZARD INFORMATION
24 HOURS A DAY. THERE ARE SEVEN FREQUENCIES ARE RESERVED FOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...164.400 TO 162.550 MEGAHERTZ. THE
BROADCAST RANGE IS APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES...HOWEVER THE EFFECTIVE
RANGE DEPENDS ON THE TERRAIN AND QUALITY OF RECEIVER.

A FEATURE AVAILABLE IN NEW WEATHER RADIO RECEIVERS IS THE SPECIFIC
AREA MESSAGE ENCODING...SAME...WHICH ALLOWS RECEIVERS TO BE
PROGRAMMED FOR THE RECEPTION OF WARNINGS FOR SELECT COUNTIES IN YOUR
AREA. NWR IS A MAJOR PART OF THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM OR EAS THAT
DISSEMINATES EMERGENCY INFORMATION RAPIDLY VIA COMMERCIAL BROADCAST
OUTLETS. THE AUDIBLE SIGNAL IS CAPABLE OF ACTIVATING SPECIALLY
DESIGNED RECEIVERS BY PRODUCING A VISUAL AND OR AUDIBLE ALARM. THE
WARNING ALARM DEVICE IS TESTED EACH WEDNESDAY BETWEEN 11 AM AND
NOON...WEATHER PERMITTING. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO
ALL HAZARDS...VISIT THE NWR WEB PAGE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NWR/.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK...VISIT 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/FFC...OR 
CONTACT YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

TUESDAY'S TOPIC FOR SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK WILL BE
THUNDERSTORMS.

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