EAS #9, SVR, 4/28/14
Channel: KHB37listener
Date: 2014-05-06

This is an activation of the Emergency Alert System as heard on KHB37, the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter serving most of Hampton Roads and part of northeastern North Carolina.

This was my first alert on my Midland WR-300. As you can see, the battery backup function has been getting a lot of usage...for all the wrong reasons.

The complete warning text is reproduced below.

587 
WUUS51 KAKQ 290120
SVRAKQ
NCC015-091-131-290200-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0028.140429T0120Z-140429T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
920 PM EDT MON APR 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL BERTIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HERTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
  EAST CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

* AT 919 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.      
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODLAND...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF RICH    
  SQUARE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AULANDER AROUND 930 PM EDT.
  AHOSKIE AROUND 940 PM EDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MENOLA...SAINT JOHN...MILLENNIUM...UNION...POOR TOWN...EARLEYS...OAK
VILLA...PROCTORS CORNER AND BRANTLEYS GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS 
ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3639 7690 3616 7701 3633 7733 3644 7726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 291DEG 22KT 3636 7719
WIND...HAIL *bracket*50MPH 1.00IN

$$

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