Weather
Preparing For A Safer Community
Weather radios come in many sizes and with a variety of functions and costs. Many of the radios sound a tone alarm and/or turn on the audio when severe weather announcements or emergency information are broadcast. To make use of the new digital coding technology, more sophisticated weather radio receivers are now available. New radios are available which feature NOAA Weather Radio Specific Area Message Encoding, or NWR-SAME, technology. These radios can be programmed to alert only for a specific area. In Love County, NOAA Weather Radio is broadcast on the frequency of 162.525 MHz The FIPS code to program the NWR-SAME radio receivers for Love County is 040085.
During an emergency, National Weather Service forecasters will interrupt routine weather radio programming and send out a special tone that activates weather radios in the listening area. The hearing and visually impaired also can get these warnings by connecting weather radios with alarm tones to other kinds of attention-getting devices like strobe lights, pagers, bed-shakers, personal computers and text printers. Public safety experts agree: the receivers should be standard equipment in every home. They are especially valuable in places that are entrusted with public safety, including hospitals, schools, places of worship, nursing homes, restaurants, grocery stores, recreation centers, office buildings, sports facilities, theaters, retail stores, bus and train stations, airports, marinas and other public-gathering places.
Activation of Sirens, Warning
The Emergency Outdoor Sirens will be activated under the following circumstances upon approval of the emergency management director. Additional warning is conducted by fire departments using their vehicle sirens.
1. Weather- Whenever a tornado warning has been issued for Love County the area affected warning will be approved by the emergency management director.
2. Civil Emergency- Upon notification by the emergency management director.
3. National Emergency- Upon notification by the emergency management director or the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA).