Each county has similar ways to contact its municipalities. In addition, a faxed copy of the condition blue statement will be sent to all counties. Condition blue is designed to give notice to all people concerned that severe weather may threaten the area and people should arrange their plans as necessary. Each county and municipality is advised to notify their weather spotters of possible activation later in the day. Municipalities are also advised to review their calendars to be aware of any special events where are large number of people may be affected.
Information is sent to each county describing the potential threat and timing of the severe events.
Statements of a limited technical nature are included to help advanced spotters understand the cause of severe weather and to help validate the outlook. Since the network is also involved in training of spotters, it is believed that additional information can be helpful to increase the scientific literacy of the network's participants and to combat waning interest. Time for action. When SPC issues a severe weather watch, condition green is implemented. It is strongly believed that equal consideration be given to both a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm watch.