WNAS-TV 1990: Clark County Tornado Warning EBS

From 1990, WNAS Radio activates the Emergency Broadcast System for a tornado warning in Clark County, IN. Featuring Jason Cooper and Larry Estep.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• WNAS
• RADIO
• TV
• TORNADO
• WARNING
• EBS
• 1990
• NEW
• ALBANY
• INDIANA

[gallagher123123]

I like this better than the EAS. I like that they only use one tone.

[indylre]

@gallagher123123 the nice thing about the new EAS tone bursts is that they include the data for the alert in them though. The old 20+ second EBS tone only demuted a monitoring receiver but did not provide any way to send data.

[rumbazz]

Tornado warnings were cool back in the EBS days. Comcast just uses the bland ol' EAS with the stupid computer generated voice.

[msnbc87]

Now Days when there is a Tornado Warning the stations stay on the air until the tornado warning is over

[MrVinnyrocks1234]

I faked every1 in my family there was a tornado warning

[RogueKnightReturns12]

@indylre I know there has been some improvements with the advent of the EAS, but as the November 9 national test showed last year it bombed big time when tested with the Emergency Action Notification (EAN) command. Think the old EBS ought to be recommissioned, even if only as a backup system should EAS fail, whether national or local or statewide? Minot, North Dakota tried that, maintaining both their EAS and EBS systems. I think restoring EBS, or at least make it a backup to EAS has great merit

[indylre]

@RogueKnightReturns12 This was our old Atari 800XL computer that was used as a character generator on the Cable TV side that simulcasted the radio audio when educational programming was not airing. The TStorm Watch graphic was running until after the warning came in and someone could go change the graphic.

[RogueKnightReturns12]

@indylre Was this graphic I see with your video something you created or is it real?

[indylre]

@RogueKnightReturns12 EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED was the standard tag for any immediate life threatening related products such as warnings or emergency announcements. IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED is used for most watches and advisories but doesn't require the EBS (or now EAS) activation as it is for longer term events.

[RogueKnightReturns12]

@indylre What about the tag that read IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED? What was that tag, same as EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED? Please answer.

[CornaCola]

WNAS is a student ran radio and TV station of New Albany High School, first public school in Indiana. 

[Kingcobrasaurus]

Don't you just hate these things? They set your nerves on end. I live down in the Bay Area, where severe weather is almost unheard of, so when a waterspout was spotted down in Ocean Beach I was very, very scared indeed.