What severe weather

[dxer720]

On my way to work about 6:20 this morning, in southwest Walworth county, when the sky darkened & the wind pummeled the car.  I knew there was already a tornado watch out, from checking the weather before leaving.  I tried to locals.  WLKG 96.1 was in the midst of "Bob & Sherri in the Morning" out of LA, & WZRK 1550 had Relavant Radio's "Morning Air" from somewhere.  tuning around a little more, I caught the EAS chirps from Racine's WEZY 92.1, where I learned I was heading into a sever thrunderstorm with 70mph winds & quarter-sized hail. 

Is there ANY station serving Walworth county that provides weather information?

Or, is there a way to get NOAA weather radio in the car?

Could this lack of weather coverage in some way prove fatal?

[Dying_Industry]

WGEZ 1490 AM had storm coverage inbetween the oldies and WCLO 1230 AM had a lot of storm coverage. Not sure if you can get those signals in Walworth County at that time of the morning.

[The Beave]

DX'er,
There are many posts across several boards about this same subject...Many asking the very same questions...

There are products with weather alert or SAME alert alarm fetures that are battery operated. They are sold by places like Home Depot, Walmart, Radio Shack, and the like. I have a 2-way hand held walkie-talkie, made by Uniden that is rechargable and it has yet to let me down, the cost is about $40.00.

The FCC is taking comments on EAS, unattended operation and the public interest at this moment, I think it was radio world online had the contents of that action.

Try these links:
http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0049/t.6992.html
http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0046/t.10470.html

[The Beave]

Just an addendum...

Oregon Scientific WR-602

Its a handheld , SAME weather radio----looks like it has some nice features. Sits in a cradle like a cordless phone, you can use AAs (NImh, or Alkaline), comes with a charger for the batts. ect. Most places have it for about $45-$50. Found some reviews on a few sites that were pretty favorable. Most large home and hardware stores will probably have this one also.