ALERT MARION
Alert Marion provides critical information quickly in a variety of situations, such as severe weather, critical law enforcement activity, missing persons and evacuations of buildings or neighborhoods.
You will receive time-sensitive messages wherever you specify, such as your home, mobile or business phones, email address, text messages and more. You pick where, you pick how!
To receive time-sensitive emergency alerts to your cell phone, home phone, business phones, email and/or text message, sign up now.
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ALL HAZARDS WEATHER ALERT RADIO
The National Weather Service operates the All Hazards Weather Alert Radio Network. This is a service that provides for a 24-hour broadcast that includes the local forecasts, observations, special weather statements, marine data, and bulletins from the National Hurricane Center
All Hazards Weather Alert Radios also have an alarm feature that will alert you whenever a hazardous weather watch or warning has been issued by the National Weather Service. This alarm activates the radio from a silent standby mode to alert you to any severe weather threat. The alarm feature can also be used by Emergency Management to alert the public to any large scale non-weather related hazard such as a hazardous material incident or terrorist attack.
Modern All Hazards Weather Alert Radios can be programmed specifically to the local area so you will only hear warnings that apply to the local area. This feature is called S.A.M.E known as Specific Area Message Encoding.
Helpful Links for NOAA Weather Radios: