Noaa All-Hazard Radios
EVERYONE should have a Weather Radio.
A Noaa All-Hazards (Weather) Radio is a special radio
that receives broadcasts from the National Weather Service and alerts the user of
weather hazards and other hazards. These radios are equipped to sound an alarm if
a specail warning is issued. They alert for threats from Tornadoes, Severe Storms,
Floods, Hurricanes, Blizzards, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, Hazardous Spills, Civil Dangers,
and much more. SAME (Specific. Area. Message. Encoding) technolgy was developed
around 2000. This technology is setup so that radios will only be set off for an
alert for your area, based on how you have it setup.
Learn more about NWR Same Technology here.
Broadcasts
There are over 985 transimtters across the United States
and its territories, 19 of them serve Indiana. The broadcast schedule for Indiana
radio stations is as follows. This information is from the NWS office in Indianapolis.
7 DAY FORECAST: Detailed local weather
forecast from the National Weather Service for the next 7 days
Broadcast 24 hours a Day
Updated at 400am and 400pm
(and whenever necessary)
EIGHT TO FOURTEEN DAY OUTLOOK: Trend forecast for temperature and
precipitation for eight to fourteen days out
Broadcast: Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 400pm to Midnight
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday: Midnight to 330pm
CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS: Detailed weather conditions for the
observing location closest to the transmitter and general conditions for Indiana
and nearby states.
Broadcast 24 hours a day
Updated each hour at about 5 minutes past the hour
WEATHER SYNOPSIS AND WEATHER FOR TRAVELERS (Regional Forecast):
Brief description of weather systems affecting our area, followed by a general weather
forecast for Indiana, Illinois, Lower Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky
Broadcast 600am to 330pm, 600pm to 430am
SHORT TERM FORECAST: Detailed forecast of precipitation and other
significant weather for the next six hours or less.
Broadcast 24 hours a day
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS, WATCHES, WARNINGS AND FLOOD STATEMENTS:
Specific information on hazardous weather conditions. Warnings and certain watches
are preceded by a warning alarm that activates radios that have the warning alarm
feature.
Broadcast when necessary
INDIANAPOLIS CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT: Indianapolis high and low temperatures,
precipitation and degree days
Broadcast 800am to 900am, 800pm to 900pm (on Indianapolis ONLY)
BASIC CLIMATE REPORT: High and low temperatures
and precipitation for selected sites near the transmitter (all but Indianapolis)
Broadcast 800 am to 900 am, 800 pm to 900 pm (all but Indianapolis - See above)
INDIANA STATE POLICE ROAD REPORT: General conditions of Indiana's
roads from the Indiana State Police.
Broadcast 1130pm to 200am, 530am to 800am, 1130am to 200pm, 530pm to 800pm (in Winter
ONLY)
WARNING ALARM/*SAME
TEST: Broadcast of the warning alarm tone and SAME codes. Radios with the
warning alarm feature and radios with the SAME feature should activate during the
test
Broadcast Wednesdays between 1100am and Noon (in good weather ONLY)
Radios
There are many brands and models of weather radios. SAME
weather radios are much better to have than a non-SAME.
These are the weather radios that I recommened highly.
Midland WR-300 (desktop) and the Midland 74-250c(handheld)
These are both very high quality radios that I have owned for along time, and work
very well and are relible. They can be purchased at: http://www.ambientweather.com/