Tab 24

NATIONAL EVENT CODES
EAN	Emergency Action Notification	Action: Immediate Relay
EAT	Emergency Action Notification	Source: Primary Entry Point
		Address: All Location

TESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
RMT	Required Monthly Test	Action: Immediate or Delayed Relay (15 Min Max Source: Broadcast, NWS, Civil Address: All Counties in Local Area
RWT	Required Weekly Test	Action: Log Only Source: Broadcast, NWS, Civil Address: All Counties in Local Area
DMO	Practice/Demo Warning	Action: Log Only Source: Broadcast, NWS, Civil Address: All Counties in Local Area

(There may be some stations that need to use the State RWT as one of their weekly test sources. In these cases "Civil", needs to be included as a source for RWT.)

HIGH PRIORITY ALERTS
CEM	Civil Emergency Message	Action: Immediate or Delayed Relay
EVI	Evacuation Immediate	Source: Broadcast, NWS, Civil
FFW	Flash Flood Warning	Address: Counties covered by stations signal
SVR	Severe Thunderstorm Warning
TOR	Tornado Warning
TSW	Tsunami Warning	*(Time is of the essence. Delay should be minimized)*

(Relaying these Alerts is not required by FCC rules. It is highly recommended that these be either relayed as an EAS Alert, or turned into an immediate News Bulletin or Announcement. The address can be just those Counties that are covered by a signal. This will not be the "Local Area" and may span into an adjacent Local Area or another State.)

MEDIUM PRIORITY ALERTS
BZW	Emergency Action Notification	Action: Immediate Relay
FLW	Emergency Action Notification	Source: Primary Entry Point
HWW	High Wind Warning	Address: All Location
HUW	Hurricane Warning
WSW	Winter Storm Warning	*(These are slow occurring events. Some Delay can be tolerated)*

(Relaying these Alerts is not required by FCC rules. It is highly recommended that these be either relayed as an EAS Alert, or turned into a News Bulletin, Announcement, or News Story. The address can be limited to just those Countries that are covered by a stations signal.)

LOW PRIORITY ALERTS
ADR	Administrative Message	Action: Log Only
FFS	Flash Flood Statement	Source: Broadcast, NWS, Civil
FFA	Flash Flood Watch	Address: Counties covered by station
FLS	Flood Statement
FLA	Flood Watch
HWA	High Wind Watch
HLS	Hurricane Statement
HUA	Hurricane Watch
SVA	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
SVS	Severe Weather Statement
SPS	Special Weather Statement
TOA	Tornado Watch
TSA	Tsunami Watch
WSA	Winter Storm Watch

(Relaying these Alerts is not required by FCC rules. While these alerts may be relayed as an EAS Alert, the priority is so low, they should probably just be treated as a News Story or Simple Announcement.)

LP1 & LP2 Stations
CEM	Civil Emergency Message	Action: Immediate or Delayed Relay
EVI	Evacuation Immediate	Source: Broadcast, NWS, Civil
		Address: Local Area + Countries covered by Station *(Time is of the essence and delay should be minimized.)*

Relaying these Alerts is not required by FCC rules. As a Minimum, LP1 LP2, stations are asked to relay these event codes, complete with EAS header, Alert Tone, Message and EOM.

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