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February 2010 Newsletter

Published 01/30/2010 | By KV4S
Hi Everyone, Next month begins our spring severe weather season. Now is the time to take the time to review your emergency preparedness plans and for brushing up on your skills – including both communications & stormspotting. In preparing, you should ask yourselves these questions: Is my family shelter (and everyone should have one) ready? Is my equipment ready? Antennae up & radios working? Batteries charged? Are my communications channels open? Including RF, Internet & telephone resources. Can I receive weather bulletins & the ALERT callouts that will come? You want to prepare NOW, not wait until the sirens sound. For then it may be too late then. With this in mind, this is a good time to review ALERT’s operations procedures. We will call this some “online training”.

ALERT Callout Process

1. We want, encourage and welcome Operational members to take active roles in callouts. But, are you an ALERT member? If not, please join ALERT, for you must be a “paid up” member to be allowed to respond to a callout. Non-members cannot respond. < Continue reading →
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ALERT Activation – 01/20/2010

Published 01/20/2010 | By KV4S
The National Weather Service in Birmingham, AL requests ALERT activation tonight at 10pm through overnight.The National Weather Service in Birmingham, AL requests ALERT activation tonight at 10pm through overnight. Continue reading →
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ALERT Meeting – January 12th, 2010

Published 01/12/2010 | By KV4S
The next ALERT meeting will be at the National Weather Service at 7:00 pm CST on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010.
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, January 12th, 2010. 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, January 12th, 2010.
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:
Continue reading →
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Submit Storm Reports to the NWS via Twitter

Published 01/12/2010 | By KV4S
The National Weather Service has started an experimental program for submitting storm reports via Twitter! Details can be found here.
GeoTagging (more from Twitter) is the act of associating geographical information with something, and Twitter has recently added the capability GeoTagging individual Tweets. This allows the NWS to correlate each Tweet to your location when it was sent. This capability will help to enhance and increase timely & accurate online weather reporting and communications between the public and their local weather forecast offices.
If Geotagging is available on your 3rd party Twitter application:
  1. First make sure geotagging is turned on for your 3rd party Twitter app.
  2. Second make sure geotagging is turned on for your twitter account page.
  3. Now Submit your Tweet report via your 3rd party app in the following format: #wxreport <your signifcant weather report>
If Geotagging is NOT available on your 3rd party Twitter application:
  1. Log in to your twitter account via the web or mobile device.
  2. Submit your Tweet report in the following format: Continue reading →
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