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Indian River County Emergency Operations Center

[ Photo of Emergency Operations Center ]

4225 43rd Avenue
Gifford, FL 32967
map (external link)

Year Built: 2007

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NOAA Weather Alert Radio

[ All Hazards NOAA Weather Radio logo ]

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.

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.

Setting up your Weather Alert Radio

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The weather broadcast is received locally in Indian River County on the following frequencies:

162.55 Mhz originating out Melbourne
162.425 Mhz originating out of Fort Pierce

The SAME code for Indian River County is: 0 1 2 0 6 1

When you set up your All Hazards Weather Alert Radio, be sure you locate the radio where it has clear reception and where it can be easily heard in your home.

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Weather Terms

Lightning

Lightning is a gigantic electrostatic discharge (the same kind of electricity that can shock you when you touch a doorknob) between the cloud and the ground, other clouds, or within a cloud.

Lightning Information Center (external link) from National Weather Service, Melbourne, Florida
When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors! (external link) from National Weather Service
Thunder & Lightning: Resources and Links (external link)

Hurricane

A hurricane is an intense, rotating oceanic weather system that possesses maximum sustained winds exceeding 119 km/hr (74 mph). It forms and intensifies over tropical oceanic regions.

Tornado

A tornado is a powerful column of winds spiraling around a center of low atmospheric pressure. It looks like a large black funnel hanging down from a storm cloud. The narrow end will move over the earth, whipping back and forth like a tail.

Storm Prediction Center (external link) from National Weather Service
Tornadoes.... Nature's Most Violent Storms (external link)
The Online Tornado FAQ (external link)

Tsunami

A tsunami is a series of waves generated by an undersea disturbance such as an earthquake. From the area of the disturbance, the waves will travel outward in all directions, much like the ripples caused by throwing a rock into a pond.

The word Tsunami is represented by two Japanese characters. The character "tsu" means harbor, and "nami" which means "wave".