NOAA Weather Radio

Why Not Have A Tornado Siren In Your Home, Work, or Car?

Decorative Image: Here are some examples of NOAA All-Hazard weather radios (NWR).

• Receive weather information 24 hours a day

• Radio will sound a tone to alert you when a watch/warning has been issued

• Countless times, lives have been saved by NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio

Speaker Notes:

• The fastest method of receive life-saving watches, warnings and advisories is through NOAA All-Hazards Weather Radio.

• Most homes have smoke detectors to alert you for the danger of fire. Why not have a radio to alert you to the dangers of severe weather?

• These radios can be purchased for $20-$150 dollars at most electronic retailers.

• These radios will sound an ‘alert’ when severe weather is threatening your area. Also, alerts for hazardous material spills, and other man-made disasters are provided as well

• Radios with SAME (specific area message encoding) technology, allow you to customize your radio to decide which counties you want alerted as well as which warnings, watches and advisories.