Pamela S Harrell

US Patent:

20100245095, Sep 30, 2010

Filed:

Jun 4, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/794644

Inventors:

Pamela Lynn Harrell - Woodstock GA, US

International Classification:

G01W 1/00

US Classification:

340601

Abstract:

A severe weather alarm configured for actuation by the occurrence of a single type of weather phenomena is disclosed. In one embodiment an alarm includes a portable housing; an audio siren configured to actuate upon an occurrence of a predetermined event; a receiver to receive signals and Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) messages at one or more National Weather Service (NWS) weather radio frequencies; a digital decoder coupled to the receiver and configured to filter out all SAME messages except for a single weather warning message event code and a Required Weekly Test (RWT) code; a processor coupled to the receiver and the digital decoder to control the receiver and decoder and to actuate the audio siren upon the occurrence of the predetermined event; a power source; and a memory for storing signal values, frequencies, message values, and geographical codes.