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Old 12-15-2019, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
We keep our phones turned off when we're sleeping. My tablet was on though, and I didn't receive anything on that. My tablet doesn't have cellular service so that might be why. It'd probably be great if the NWS could send local warnings like that through wifi notifications in addition to cellular notifications.
As having moved from tornado ally last year, we brought our NOAA weather radio with us. We programmed it for just our local county and works great. It also has battery backup so when the power goes out, you still are up-to-date on weather warning. From what I understand, they detected tornado rotation down by Bushnell heading NE so that is why the warning for Sumpter County. I strongly recommend that everyone get a NOAA weather radio. I think they can be bought at Lowe's for about $35.00