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Hi Everyone, I hope you had a good Thanksgiving & over ate to a shameful degree. It’s ok to try to be the fat of the land this time of year. I know I plan to do my part. I have good ALERT news and I have bad ALERT news. First the good. Much work has been accomplished in restoring our antenna system. We now have three new tri-band antennas in the air for 6 Meters, 2 Meters, 220 MHz, 440 MHz and 1.2 GHz. So our VHF and UHF capability is better than it has ever been before. We appreciate the work the NWS has been done for ALERT in accomplishing this. The bad news is that as of November 27 we still don’t have an operational HF antenna, as the coax cable is still needing replacement, the original having been sushied some time back. W Continue reading
The next ALERT meeting will be at the National Weather Service at 7:00 pm CST on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. If you are not able to make the meeting in person try the teleconference. Every effort will be made to have teleconferencing available for each meeting, to participate: Please call: (877) 951-0997 and enter participants code 741083.The next ALERT meeting will be at the National Weather Service at 7:00 pm CST on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. If you are not able to make the meeting in person try the teleconference. Every effort will be made to have teleconferencing available for each meeting, to participate: Please call: (877) 951-0997 and enter participants code 741083. Continue reading

ALERT / National Weather Service Birmingham Coverage Area

  • ALERT covers the BMX county warning area. Presently, this includes: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston