Hurricane Briefing for October 6, 2009

People who do not already own a NOAA weather radio may may want to consider getting one.

Dan Reilly, the warning coordination meteorologist with the Houston-Galveston National Weather Service office, stresses the importance of a weather radio and describes it "like a smoke detector, but for weather."

In the event that a dangerous storm is moving toward your area, the radio will sound an alert tone followed by a message with details of the tornado or severe thunderstorm in your vicinity. This is especially important for storms that form at night, because without a NOAA weather radio, you would have no warning of an impending danger.

In addition, FOX 26 meteorologist Mike Iscovitz shows a tropical wave approaching the Caribbean Islands and what is left of Tropical Storm Grace which hit Ireland. Finally, people in Japan are bracing for Typhoon Melor.

For more information on NOAA weather radios, visit http://www.weather.gov/nwr/.
 

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