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ALERT Activation – 11/29/2010

Published 11/29/2010 | By KV4S

ALERT activation from midnight to noon.

ALERT activation from midnight to noon.

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ALERT Meeting – 11/9/2010

Published 11/09/2010 | By KV4S
The next ALERT meeting will be at the National Weather Service at 7:00 pm CST on Tuesday, November 9th, 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, November 9th, 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. Continue reading →
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ALERT Newsletter – November 2010

Published 11/01/2010 | By KV4S
Hi everyone, After a very long dry spell October certainly proved to be an active one for ALERT with two callouts. I want to thank and thank again the following members for their activities and contributions during the callouts: At K4NWS: Jamie N4RDX who drove in from Mississippi to participate (new record holder for response distance) Stephanie KJ4NIH on her first callout Tom KG4WIA Melissa KG4WIC Terry KI4YZI Fredia KT4TEA If there were others let me know…;-) Also volunteering were Ed W4AGA, Terry KJ4KZR, Steven KB4FKN, Howard KJ4QJA, Johnnie KJ4OPZ & whoever my dusty brain is forgetting. Thanks to you all. Keep up the good work! Just think, the season has just begun. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. A Few Operational Tweaks As we progress through the fall season it’s a good time to offer a few hints, kinks and guidelines for our operations. The first concerns Tuscaloosa County. Tuscaloosa has a unique operation in that the Net Control site is located at the EMA EOC. The NCS passes the reports onsite to the EMA & the EMA then sends the reports directly to the NWS via 800 MHz, NAWAS or via Chatroom, either NWSchat or the Alabama EMA chat, which is a government only chat. So this is a unique case where K4NWS doesn’t need to g Continue reading →
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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
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