March 01, 2021
NOAA Weather Radio transmitter KWO35 is back on the air in New York City. Broadcasting from the 81st story of the iconic Empire State Building, thisKWO35 signal serves almost 15 million people on land and water, delivering official National Weather Service and emergency management information instantaneously…to an unlimited number of receivers. Isn’t NOAA Weather Radio just for use in Tornado Alley? Is there any reason for someone in a major city to have a weather radio? Won’t my cell phone alert me? We don’t get much severe weather here, so why do I need a weather radio? As a meteorologist I hear these questions often, and here are my answers: