Sat May 22, 2010 9:11 pm
Bradhig has a point. The warnings were both flood warnings, so why couldn't they have issued one warning for both counties instead of issuing two separate warnings? Both counties' receivers would have still gotten the warning.
We have this problem where I live too. It didn't start until they started using the computer voice to read the warnings. It isn't as bad as it used to be, but it still happens, especially during severe weather events where there's a fast moving line of storms.
An unavoidable problem that can also occur is that two different types of warnings, such as for a severe thunderstorm, and for a flash flood, are issued for the same county at the same time. Before the EAS, the NWS could sound the alarm once, and combined both warnings into a single warning. I remember that happening when I was about 13 years old. Now, with the EAS, that is impossible, because of the way the SAME headers are constructed. They now have to activate the EAS for the thunderstorm warning, then activate it again for the flash flood warning.