Posts Tagged ‘weather radio’
Friday, October 12th, 2012 5:06pm MDT
One of our favorite features of our site is the feed from our NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio that provides not only mundane information like forecasts but also crucial life-saving information during severe weather. Unfortunately the computer sound card that receives the audio feed from our scanner failed two days ago so the audio feed […]
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Sunday, April 15th, 2012 12:19pm MDT
As the nation’s midsection digs out from an extraordinary day of severe weather and tornadoes, Colorado’s Severe Weather Awareness Week kicks off. To raise awareness of the dangerous weather Thornton residents face each year, ThorntonWeather.com is going to give away a NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio *. We have long said that every resident should own […]
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Tags: Contest, Severe Weather, weather radio
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Saturday, December 17th, 2011 4:35am MDT
NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) is called ‘the voice of the National Weather Service’ and provides critical and life saving information when severe weather strikes. ‘Tom’ is one of the latest voices that you hear when listening to it and in the holiday spirit, NOAA had ‘Tom’ sing a classic Christmas carol. Listen to ‘Tom’ sing […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010 12:43pm MDT
Twenty nine years ago, the city of Thornton was struck by what was the most destructive tornado to hit the Denver metro area in history – a record which stands to this day. Now, the City of Thornton has started to investigate options to alert residents when severe weather is set to strike. Visitors to […]
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Tags: city of thornton, national weather service, NOAA, thornton, Thornton City Council, weather radio
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 12:20pm MDT
No matter whether it is a blizzard in the winter or tornadoes and hail in the summer, it is important that everyone knows where to turn for information about developing weather conditions. Keeping an eye on the sky is fine but oftentimes there is dangerous weather brewing that you may not see. How dangerous is […]
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Tags: national weather service, NOAA, weather radio
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 6:56am MDT
Is there someone on your shopping list that looks out at a blizzard with glee on his or her face? Someone who jumps and runs to the window at hearing thunder or seeing the flash of lightning? Maybe a person for whom the weather warning beep on the TV or radio is music to their […]
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Tags: Christmas, gps, storm chasing, weather gifts, weather radio, weather stations
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008 3:20am MDT
We recently wrote about systems which provide severe weather alerts to the general public. In writing that, we extolled the virtues of having a “weather radio” – a specialty radio that allows you to listen to and monitor the NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) system. We just read on KMGH channel 7’s website that […]
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Tags: national weather service, weather radio, weather warnings
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