With NOAA Weather Radio 2000, forecasts and statements automatically and instantaneously go straight from the NWS forecaster to the NOAA Weather Radio 2000 and out onto the airways saving 5 to 10 minutes or more. There is no delay in critical weather information and warnings. As soon as we issue a product, it is inserted into broadcast cycle. Also, as soon as product expires, it is gone. This means that the broadcast is always be fresh.

NOAA Weather Radio 2000 allows us to program specific products to air at specific times. If you are interested in a specialized product, such as the River Forecast and Summary, you will know exactly when to tune in. This eliminates the uncertainty of the old deck driven system. It allows us to make and publicize a broadcast schedule. However, significant warning information will always have a number one priority on NOAA Weather Radio and override normal programming.

NOAA Weather Radio 2000 directly feeds into the Specific Area Message Encoder (SAME) for use by specialized receivers and the new Emergency Alert System (EAS). In the past, warnings and watches were alerted manually. The manual choosing and pressing of a series of buttons could lead to human error causing mistakes in the digital code that is broadcasted. Automation of the manual entry eliminates these errors and speeds up the process of broadcasting the warnings.