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In the News (Wed 30 Dec 09)

  
  Storm Preparedness Information
Storm and hurricane forecasts and warnings are issued by NOAA's National Hurricane Center.
A warning that indicates that hurricane winds of 74 mph (64 knots) and higher, or a combination of dangerously high water and rough seas, are expected to impact a specified coastal area.
When a hurricane warning is announced, hurricane conditions are considered imminent and may begin immediately, or at least within the next 12 to 24 hours.
www.uscg.mil /news/stormcenter   (958 words)

  
 Tropical cyclone warnings and watches - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Warnings and watches are two levels of alert issued by national weather forecasting bodies to coastal areas threatened by the imminent approach of a tropical cyclone of tropical storm or hurricane intensity.
A tropical storm watch (TRA) is issued when tropical storm conditions, including winds from 39 to 73 mph (35 to 64 knots, 63 to 117 km/h) pose a possible threat to a specified coastal area within 36 hours.
That policy was changed due to the lack of warning from four storms in 2003 that affected different land and offshore areas of Canada, the worst of which was Hurricane Juan in Nova Scotia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tropical_cyclone_warnings_and_watches   (1361 words)

  
 mwtb.org Storm Warnings
Residents had not taken the warnings of danger seriously; they had been through some storms before and thought that this one would not be any different.
A similar storm warning was given to Noah in the Old Testament.
Heed the warning and evacuate; admit before God that your sin has put you in the path of His judgment and trust Jesus to be your "Hiding Place from the wind" and "Covert from the tempest" (Isaiah 32:2).
www.mwtb.org /html/201590.html   (730 words)

  
 Warning and Verification Ideas
After around 200 storm chases in 11 years, and witnessing sustained surface winds analyzed at up to 120 mph in the outer eyewall of Hurricane Andrew (based on a map by Powell and Houston, 1996), I can't claim to estimate consistently and reliably a gust was 60 mph (severe) versus 55 (non-severe).
The NWS warning and verification system directly affects my career, my main hobby (storm chasing), and the personal safety of my family and every citizen in the U.S. I have a vested interest in doing my best to ensure that this system optimally serves taxpayers, which is the motivation behind this effort.
In other CWAs [county warning areas], too, there is a mayor, sheriff, EM, legislator, Chamber of Commerce president or other "VIP" upset that his area lost a legacy WSO in modernization, or that a tree once fell on a shiny new Lexus he bought for his daughter, without a warning.
www.stormeyes.org /tornado/verf/index.html   (6622 words)

  
 Gale Schools - Article Archive - 2005 - 09 - Storm warnings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
State-of-the-art tornado forecasting technology is providing better warnings every year, and meteorologists are constantly monitoring the lower and upper levels of the atmosphere.
The most destructive aspect of a hurricane is not its high-speed winds but its storm surges--water pushed onshore by the force of the hurricane's winds.
Storm surges appear not as walls of water but as higher-than-usual tides.
www.galeschools.com /article_archive/2005/09/storm_warnings.htm   (976 words)

  
 CNN - Hurricane warnings downgraded to tropical storm warnings along Carolina coast- August 31, 1999
Hurricane warnings became tropical storm warnings along the North Carolina coast from Cape Lookout to the Virginia border, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.
The hurricane warning was downgraded to a tropical storm warning for most of the North Carolina coastline, from Cape Lookout to the Virginia border Monday night.
An 8-foot storm surge on the Neuse River and its tributaries flooded homes in the New Bern area and closed the N.C. 17 bridge over the Neuse.
www.cnn.com /WEATHER/9908/31/storms.01/index.html   (1087 words)

  
 Storm warning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A storm warning generally refers to an advisory issued by an official meteorological department to warn citizens of approaching dangerous weather.
In the United States, storm warnings and watches are issued by the National Weather Service, which is itself a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The term "storm warning" is also used by the NWS to warn of high wind conditions not associated with tropical cyclones.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Storm_warning   (287 words)

  
 Hurricane2002: Storm warnings
Tropical storm - A low-pressure area with a distinct rotary circulation and sustained wind speeds of 39 to 73 mph.
Storm Warning - Wind speeds of 55 to 74 mph expected.
Hurricane Warning - A hurricane is expected to strike the area within 24 hours or less.
www.sptimes.com /2002/05/26/Hurricane2002/Storm_warnings.shtml   (354 words)

  
 Tropical Storm Chris Prompts Warnings, Storm Approaches Eastern Caribbean, Not Expected To Become Hurricane - CBS News
The storm had top winds of nearly 45 mph as it passed over the Leeward Islands, and was expected to gather strength as it approached the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
A tropical storm warning was posted for all the Leewards, including Antigua, Anguilla, St. Kitts and St. Maarten, Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, the Hurricane Center said.
EDT, the storm was centered about 55 miles northeast of Antigua and was moving west-northwest at almost 10 mph.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/08/01/storm/main1853433.shtml   (677 words)

  
 Tropical Storm Chris may become a hurricane overnight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
It is a very compact storm with tropical storm force winds extending 80 miles mainly to the east from the center.
Tropical storm warnings remain posted for Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands.
In the eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Fabio (50 mph) is located about 1400 miles SW of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and will pose no threat to land as it continues to swirl westward.
www.surfersvillage.com /surfing/23064/news.htm   (418 words)

  
 Premium Weather Information, Alerts, Tornado Warnings for Home Safety
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Using this important information you are then equipped to watch the storms as the warnings for specific areas are given.
If the Storm Prediction Center issues a tornado watch it means that conditions are right for the development of severe storms with the ability to produce tornadoes.
www.tornadochaser.net /premium.html   (270 words)

  
 Storm Hawk - GPS Handheld Mobile Weather Information System for Land and Sea
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www.stormhawk.com /em   (373 words)

  
 Tropical Storm Beryl to skirt Cape Cod/Nantucket Friday   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Also, the winds will be less than tropical storm strength or minimal tropical storm strength in most areas.
A tropical storm watch is in effect from New Haven, Conn., to Woods Hole, Mass., and from eastern Long Island east of Fire Island and Fort Jefferson.
Tropical storm warnings continue for southeastern Massachusetts from Plymouth to Woods Hole, including Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.
www.surfersvillage.com /surfing/22855/news.htm   (322 words)

  
 American Red Cross
A winter storm WATCH means a winter storm is possible in your area.
A winter storm WARNING means a winter storm is headed for your area.
A blizzard WARNING means strong winds, blinding wind-driven snow, and dangerous wind chill are expected.
www.redcross.org /services/disaster/0,1082,0_595_,00.html   (661 words)

  
 KTBS - Local - More Storm Warnings Issued for Tropical Storm Alberto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
More storm warnings are up in Florida in the expected path of Tropical Storm Alberto, which is expected to make landfall on the west coast or the panhandle early Tuesday.
Tropical storm warnings have been posted on the Atlantic coast from Flagler Beach north to the Georgia-South Carolina border.
Bush said the storm powered up so quickly that emergency officials abandoned a planned storm response practice to put the real thing into effect.
www.ktbs.com /news/local/3019381.html   (340 words)

  
 Do storm warnings cry wolf?
Tuesday's alert was triggered by reports of an isolated storm cell that briefly produced dime-size hail and windy conditions Tuesday evening near the town of Dassel, in Wright County.
That automatically brought a warning from the National Weather Service, which defines "severe weather" as gusts up to 40 miles an hour accompanied by ¾-inch hail.
And while a Hennepin County storm message continued to show on the screen, he downplayed its severity to viewers.
www.startribune.com /484/story/423625.html   (674 words)

  
 Opinion: Storm warnings
This attitude makes emergency planning easier, puts money where it is needed most and enables rescuers to focus their efforts on the people and places hardest hit.
After 15 named storms in 2004, nine of which became hurricanes, and last year's 28-storm season, which produced 15 Atlantic hurricanes, the state has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in shelters, equipment, planning and supplies.
Focusing on those who lack the means to escape a storm is the right spending priority.
www.sptimes.com /2006/05/28/Opinion/Storm_warnings.shtml   (989 words)

  
 Meridian Magazine :: Articles : Spiritual Storm Warnings
He compared prophets and apostles to weather forecasters who give us spiritual warnings and counsel to leave behind worldly influences and prepare spiritually and temporally for storms that are coming.
This horrible storm is blowing the moral fiber out of the nations of the earth and leaving the land in moral desolation.
May we heed the spiritual storm warnings of our prophets, may we “look and live.” May we do all we can to prepare and find refuge from the storms, whether they be spiritual or temporal — those already leashed, and those about to be poured out on all the earth.
www.ldsmag.com /articles/051021warnings.html   (2124 words)

  
 Storm warnings issued | www.tucsoncitizen.com ®
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for the Tucson metro area as a storm capable of dumping nickel-sized hail and with wind possibly gusting to more than 60 miles per hour moves this afternoon across the Southeast side toward Rita Ranch.
storm warning, meaning thunderstorms are imminent, was issued by the National Weather Service here on top of a severe thunder storm watch issued minutes earlier for all Southeast Arizona.
The storm watch, meaning severe storms are likely, is set to expire at 8 p.m.
www.tucsoncitizen.com /daily/local/15149.php   (179 words)

  
 CNN.com - Tropical storm warnings issued for Carolinas - Aug 1, 2004
In South Carolina, a tropical storm watch remains in effect from Edisto Beach to South Santee River.
ET, the tropical storm was located near latitude 31.5 north and longitude 79.2 west, or about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, the National Weather Service said.
Tropical storm force winds were extending outward up to 60 miles.
www.cnn.com /2004/WEATHER/08/01/tropical/index.html   (314 words)

  
 Storm Warnings Intensify | Greenpeace International
The study should prove particularly interesting for residents along the Gulf Coast and throughout the Caribbean who are recovering from what forecasters call the most active start to the hurricane season on record.
In just two months, six storms grew strong enough to merit names.
Yet his administration refuses to take action on global warming, which would reduce the power of these storms and save lives.
www.greenpeace.org /international/news/storm-warnings-intensify   (523 words)

  
 The Brownsville Herald - Online Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Those who have lived along the Deep South Texas all their lives are familiar with the fickle nature of tropical storms and hurricanes and are keeping a watchful eye for dark clouds rolling in.
Before storms were named, they were referenced by the year in which they struck.
Fallin had been working on a bridge over the Arroyo River before it flooded in the storm and felt lucky his house was protected by railroad tracks and levees, but there was no shield from the storm’s effects.
www.brownsvilleherald.com /ts_comments.php?id=71111_0_10_0_C   (1251 words)

  
 Storm Warnings for a Supply-Side War
That is just how Kenneth Pollack's book, The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq, is presented by its publisher (the venerable Council on Foreign Relations) and how it is used.
It was hailed by the managing editor of Foreign Affairs (which is published by the council as well) as "one of the most important books on American foreign policy in years." Of course, the overwhelming majority of those who will cite the book to support a US-led war in Iraq will not read it.
Pollack also warns that other "significant price tags" will be attached to the war he has suggested.
www.thenation.com /doc/20030324/lustick   (591 words)

  
 Kallico National Storm Watches and Storm Warnings
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From weather watches and severe weather warnings to a complete disaster, Kallico's Stormwatch page will keep you informed and provide you with the information you need to stay on top of it.
Kallico Storm Watch is your one stop for national severe weather, watches, warnings, disaster information, tropical updates, and hurricane information.
www.kallico.net /stormwatch.htm   (217 words)

  
 Storm Warnings - Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com
Clear warnings: Clinton administration officials say they bluntly warned the incoming Bush administration of the imminent threat from Al Qaeda
Contrary to some media reports, Bush was not specifically warned that Al Qaeda might be planning on hijacking airplanes to crash into buildings inside the United States.
Rather, the CIA had picked up a report that the son of the "Blind Sheik," Omar Abdel Rahman—imprisoned in New York for plotting to blow up the subways and city monuments—had been in Afghan terror camps proposing to hijack and hold hostage an airliner to demand the release of his father.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4571453   (1544 words)

  
 E-Business Strategies: Storm Warnings
One tidbit: The Rio case represents the first time in the history of the Recording Industry Association of America that it ever sued someone and lost.
If you work in an industry where these warning signs are present - or maybe you want to disrupt one - you need an aggressive and dramatic e-business strategy.
You must move pre-emptively and in a variety of ways - aid and abet the assassins (maybe even invest in them), launch your own killer apps, and learn to manage the inevitable channel conflicts and organizational stress and strain that will accompany the transformation of your business.
www.thestandard.com /article/0,1902,12735,00.html   (1363 words)

  
 Storm Warnings From Fiction Writer's Connection (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Here are just a few "storm warnings" to keep you informed.
FWC receives reports from a variety of sources--including you--and we try to verify all the information provided, but we cannot be responsible for any misreporting.
Keep warning writers, as you have." Editor's Note--Word is that they are no longer allowed to operate in the state of NY--but I guess that doesn't apply to other states.
www.fictionwriters.com.cob-web.org:8888 /storm-warnings.html   (873 words)

  
 Galactic dust storm enters Solar System - 05 August 2003 - New Scientist
Humble grasses may be the best source of biofuel
The Sun's shifting magnetic field is set to focus a decade-long storm of galactic dust grains towards the inner Solar System, including Earth.
The effect this will have on our planet - if any - is unknown.
www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn4021   (449 words)

  
 REDFLAGSDAILY.COM - STORM WARNINGS
New warnings added to the labeling include rare reports of anaphylaxis and other allergic reactions and post-marketing reports of decreased peripheral blood counts
By summer 2004, as many as 40 per cent of the strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae could be resistant to penicillin and erythromycin…..
For years, the medical community has not adequately heeded warnings about the overuse of antibiotics.
www.redflagsweekly.com /storm_warnings.html   (1001 words)

  
 Onpassage.com :   tropical storm warnings and seasons
Worldwide storm warnings - use these links to quickly check for storms, then use other links below to obtain more detail for a particular region or storm.
of storm but at least you get name of storm and approx.
Warning: the following colour coded wording for the seasons is automatic and may sometimes delay in changing, you should always check the dates for storm seasons as clarification.
www.onpassage.com /Tropical_Storms/Tropical_storm_warnings.htm   (451 words)

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