Batten down the hatches!
 

Looks like a new Tornado Watch for this morning until noon for Lake, Sumter and Marion. I'm sure the new weather radios were buzzing!

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Did anyone's weather radio go off today? Because ours didn't and I need to know if this should be checked. Please let me know. Thanks :dontknow:

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Hey chelsea,mine went of at 6:45 AM,better take yours to fire station and have them check programming.
They test the radios every Weds. around 11 AM with a test tone,you should receive it if radio is working properly.

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Chels:
Mine woke me up at 6:46 this morning. Haven't heard it since!!!!

I know we need these radio's but .......I hate being woken up so suddenly. Starts me out on edge and I don't care for that. :( :(

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Not trying to scare anyone but....

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,6946843.story

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Hey Russ, I live on the east side of Tallahassee and the storms did come through early this morning. Trees were snapped in half and power lines are down and electricity off for a short while in some parts of town.

The good news - the weather radio started going off at 6:00 a.m. and every few minutes thereafter. First it warned of heavy thunderstoms, then a tornado watch, then a tornado warning. It works! I had the warning before things got crazy. All is well now.

Heed those warnings, though! Hope TV stays storm free.

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In Destin, FL, ours went of twice around 2 am with a "Mariner's warning". We have the nasty habit of slapping it off after the second warning because we're so tired we don't care what happens. :dontknow:

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Chelsea....ours went off at 6:45 a.m. also.

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Off the subject but - great pic VK, nice smile.

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Radio alert just went off again (10:56 a.m.) Thunderstorm warning.

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Off the subject again (topicop will get us!). Thank you Russ. My mother and father thank you and my dentist thanks you. ;D

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Radio went off again awhile ago.
I'm posting from the bathtub under my mattress with my bike helmet on. :joke: :joke:

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Just go back from golf at Turtle Mound, 70 degrees and a little windy. Looked at doppler radar before I left, it was all northwest of us and heading north.

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Overcast and breezy in southern TV. :yikes: This is one reason why I don't have a weather radio. Yeah, it's going to rain today, :yikes: but when the only purpose of something is to act as a prophet of doom and it keeps giving false alarms, why bother. :dontknow:

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I guess it depends on your definition of false alarm. The fact that a tornado watch was issued, by definition means just that - watch. I would just keep an eye on it as golfnut did by verifying the radar before heading out to play a round. Smart, IMHO.