WHAS-TV 1987: 07/06/87 EPIC Thunderstorm Warning Alert

From 07/06/87, a WHAS-TV cut-in for a Severe Thunderstorm Warning from the National Weather Service in Louisville, KY using the EPIC (Emergency Public Information Circuit) network.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• WHAS
• TV
• LOUISVILLE
• EPIC
• NWS
• SEVERE
• WEATHER
• WARNING
• 1987
• EBS
• THUNDERSTORM
• KENTUCKY
• SERVICE

[peakster753]

What's the story with the image used in the video??

[indylre]

@peakster753 that was one of their standard graphics for cut-ins at the time.

[domirules28]

i thought the ebs/eas was only activated if a tornado warning was issued??

[indylre]

@domirules28 the EBS/EAS can be activated for any type of local weather emergency just as the NOAA Weather Radio is. Many stations back then, including WHAS radio and WHAS TV activated for Flash Flood, Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings as a service to their community.

[ravenfan205]

LOL I found this exact one in a parody video. It was of some cartoon characters performing a song and right in the middle it was cut off by this XDDDD and there were some video game guys who were just like "WTF?!" Wow I can't beleive I found the original. Thanks for posting XD

[indylre]

@ravenfan205 can you post the link for the parody video? i can't find it.

[trailbreakeradk]

I like how it's a real guy on the broadcast and not some creepy programed voice in the system like in today's EAS.

[trailbreakeradk]

Never seen a font like that for an EBS alert.

[MysticArksRevenge]

@hkfreak Why? The cheesy stuff is better than the crap we use today. What we use today is too watered down compared to this.

[MysticArksRevenge]

@indylre Do you have a recording of an Emergency Public Information Circuit network Tornado warning?

[MysticArksRevenge]

@supersaver87 Same here. The Tornado Warning one is just as good.

I just think these old warning slides are a lot better than the animated openings and crap we use these days.

[MysticArksRevenge]

@trailbreakeradk Same here.

[syntonik]

Our TV station used to put up these incredibly creepy photos of a storm and a tornado depending on what the watch/warning was issued for. I mean, these would literally scare the crap out of young kids!

[ToastyBoom42]

This EBS says, "Severe T-Storms, dude!"

[TVisawesome432]

REALLY EPIC FONT

[BrandonDevers]

@trailbreakeradk The font for WARNING is Helvetica. As for SEVERE THUNDERSTORM, that font is something you would see on a sitcom.