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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON
400 AM PDT SAT MAY 4 2013

...THE WEEK OF APRIL 28 THROUGH MAY 4 IS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS
WEEK IN IDAHO...OREGON AND WASHINGTON...

...GETTING WEATHER WARNINGS...

IN TODAY`S DIGITAL WORLD...WEATHER WARNINGS CAN BE RECEIVED BY NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...EMAIL...CELL PHONES...INTERNET...AND COMMERCIAL
RADIO AND TELEVISION.  IT IS BEST TO USE MULTIPLE MEANS OF GETTING
WEATHER WARNINGS.

NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS BROADCAST ON FREQUENCIES RANGING FROM 162.40 MHZ
TO 162.55 MHZ. THIS FREQUENCY RANGE IS JUST ABOVE THE NORMAL FM
RADIO BAND. SPECIAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO RECEIVERS CAN BE PURCHASED.
MANY MULTI BAND RADIOS AND SCANNERS ALSO INCLUDE THE NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FREQUENCIES. YOU CAN CHECK FOR YOUR NEAREST TRANSMITTER AT
WEATHER.GOV/NWR.

EMAIL ALERTS...YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL OR TEXT MESSAGE WEATHER
ALERTS THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROVIDERS LISTED ON THE INTERNET.

CELL PHONES...THE COMMERCIAL MOBILE ALERT SYSTEM IS NEW AND ALLOWS
CELL PHONE USERS TO GET WARNINGS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
TORNADOES...AND FLASH FLOODS ON THEIR PHONES.  CONTACT YOUR CELL
PHONE COMPANY FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

INTERNET...WARNINGS ARE AVAILABLE USING GRAPHICS AND TEXT AT
WEATHER.GOV...AND ALSO FROM MANY COMMERCIAL INTERNET WEATHER
PROVIDERS.

COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION USE THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM...
EAS...TO RECEIVE AND RELAY WEATHER WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AND ALL HAZARDS INFORMATION FROM GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS. THE EAS SYSTEM IS TESTED ON A WEEKLY AND MONTHLY BASIS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALSO CONDUCTS TESTS ON THE NOAA WEATHER
RADIO USUALLY ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. LISTEN FOR THE TESTS SO THAT YOU
RECOGNIZE WHAT AN EAS ACTIVATION SOUNDS LIKE. WHEN A REAL ACTIVATION
TAKES PLACE... YOU WILL BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZE THE EAS
SOUND.

THIS WEEK IS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS...TORNADOES AND
FLASH FLOODS.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

THIS MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR LOCAL NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.

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