Interesting. It's almost as if the warnings are there so that people take a look at the weather.
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Interesting. It's almost as if the warnings are there so that people take a look at the weather.
That cell has been heading straight north for about an hour, so was most certainly on the radar when you posted 14 minutes ago. Sirens are meant to be an advanced warning system, so it sounds like it was solid execution of them to me as they made you investigate what the potential hazard was prior to it reaching you.
I got caught outside in a Polaris Ranger when the front hit. Took an hour to go thru and the backside has some serious straight wind. The front does too but not like the backside. I watched a steel roof on a shed get loosened. Some rain but not really measurable. I’m headed to see if our grain bins are OK. We’re 38 miles NE of Maryville Mo, 15 miles on the Iowa side.
Ask an honest question as a non-meteorologist, get flamed and shamed. Thanks for the input and for totally not being a ****.
Went off in Johnston too, but we're not in the warning. Polk Co. dispatch doesn't sectorize their sirens too well. Often over does the footprint.
I am sick of people like you whining about sirens and saying that too many sirens are desensitize people to them. That is dangerous and I don't care if you think I am a ****.
Nah. Turning an emergency tool into a nonemergency tool will only make people ignore it. Sorry if that offends.
For the metrologists in the thread, does Iowa set off sirens based on the polygon? We do here in Alabama. Much better than country-based like it was growing up.
See what happens when you fire Fran McCaffrey? The weather is displeased
See that's just the thing, The misconception is that they are an emergency tool and they in fact are not. They are a warning system and a warning does not equal an emergency. The idea is that they notify you before it becomes an emergency.
Literally just asked a question, because none of the local networks were cutting in, and I didn't see anything on the weather channel radar. You apparently are the individual making the siren calls, so I guess you're sensitive to any mild criticism of them. Sorry for having an opinion. I'm glad you don't care that you're a ****. As long as you're self aware.
They were saying the 6 PM round was going to be the big one. We'll see
Literally all of central Iowa is under a
severe thunderstorm warning right now
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