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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – The Mid-South has its share of severe thunderstorm warnings in a give year. The National Weather Service plan to better communicate the severity and potential impacts from severe thunderstorm wind and hail by adding a “damage threat” tag to Severe Thunderstorm Warnings starting July 28th, 2021. Severe Thunderstorms deemed “destructive” will activate a Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) on smartphones.
Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) are short emergency messages from authorized federal, state, local, tribal and territorial public alerting authorities that can be broadcast from cell towers to any WEA‐enabled mobile device in a locally targeted area. Wireless providers primarily use cell broadcast technology for WEA message delivery. WEA is a partnership among FEMA, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and wireless providers to enhance public safety…
