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Robert P Dale <rdale@SKYWATCH.ORG> wrote:

>> Am I wrong or is not the NWS {and the
>> local populance} our "primary served agency" that we are serving
>> and city/county
>> government EM agencies secondary?
>
>But what is the fastest way to get to the local populace? Through EM! Get
>the tornado report to the EM at the same time you're sending it to NWS and
>you have the best of both worlds... What would the NWS do with the
>information? Reroute it right back to the local EM.
>

I would not make such a blanket statement on a National Forum.  In
North Texas, at least, the NWS has faster access to tools that provide
the widest dissemination of warning messages.  They can provide
information through NOAA All Hazards Radio and EAS.  If it comes to
the EM community we have to request an EAS Activation from our LP One.
They will go ahead and do it, only if the NWS has not already sent out
such a warning message.

Find out what system works best in your area, different areas have
different EM offices with different levels of responsibility.  Some
very active, other less so.  Recalling one transmission on a Skywarn
Net, "I am in the parking lot of the Thalia Police Department, waiting
for someone to come unlock the door of the EOC."
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