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How Your Weatheradio Works
NWS WEATHER ALERT
DESCRIPTIONS
Your Weatheradio can display these NWS
weather alert descriptions
Weather/Alert
Description
You See
Avalanche warning
AVALANCH
WARNING
Avalanche watch
AVALANCH
WATCH
Blizzard warning
BLIZZARD
WARNING
Civil danger warning
CIVIL
DANGER
WARNING
Civil danger watch
CIVIL
DANGER
WATCH
Civil emergency — turn
on the TV for information
or, if no information is
available on TV, call your
local NWS office
TUNE TV
Note:
TUNE
TV
might also
indicate the
Weatheradio
has received a
signal for a con-
dition not
defined in the
Weatheradio’s
memory.
Coastal flood
warning
COASTAL
FLOOD
WARNING
Coastal flood
watch
COASTAL
FLOOD
WATCH
Emergency action
warning
EMERGENC
ACTION
WARNING
Emergency action
termination
EMERGENC
ACTION
TERMINAT
Evacuate
immediately
EVACUATE
IMMEDIAT
Fire warning
FIRE
WARNING
Flash flood statement
FLASH
FLOOD
Flash flood warning
FLASH
FLOOD
WARNING
Flash flood watch
FLASH
FLOOD
WATCH
Flood statement
FLOOD
Flood warning
FLOOD
WARNING
Flood watch
FLOOD
WATCH
Hazardous material
warning
HAZARD
MATERIAL
WARNING
Hazardous material
watch
HAZARD
MATERIAL
WATCH
High wind warning
HIGH
WIND
WARNING
High wind watch
HIGH
WIND
WATCH
Hurricane statement
HURRICAN
Weather/Alert
Description
You See
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