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ALERT Activation – 04/23/2010

Published 04/23/2010 | By KV4S
NWS request ALERT on Saturday.NWS request ALERT on Saturday. Continue reading →
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ALERT Meeting – 4/13/2010

Published 04/13/2010 | By KV4S
The next ALERT meeting will be at the National Weather Service at 7:00 pm CST on Tuesday, April 13th, 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, April 13th, 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.
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April 2010 ALERT Newsletter

Published 04/05/2010 | By KV4S
Hi everyone, I hope this finds you well and enjoying the spring weather and the flowers that greet you, reminding you that no matter how hard the winter is, the Spring always comes. With spring come our April Showers and storms of spring, which is Prime Time for ALERT and the Skywarn Community. I hope you have taken advantage of the training sessions that the NWS has provided for potential storm spotters and have brushed up on your emergency preparedness skills. There are a few reminders that should be pointed out. First, that while the NWS endorses and encouraged Storm SPOTTING, they do not endorse and encourage Storm CHASING. Now, I will be the first one to admit that the dividing line between the two can be blurry. Spotting with binoculars from the front porch with your bathrobe and bunny slippers is clearly spotting. Prepositioning oneself on a ridge ahead of a storm to report the conditions is spotting. Rushing 95 MPH to reach that ridge is borderline, and running folk off the road in an SUV with blinky lights, a roof sprouting a dozen antennae, anemometers and covered with home made “National Weather Service Official Storm Chase Vehicle” stickers is definitely over the edge. &l Continue reading →
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