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First Alert Doppler - Part II
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Source: KOAA
Published Thu Oct 02, 2008, 06:16 PM MDT
Updated Thu Mar 26, 2009, 03:07 PM MDT
First Alert Doppler: Get the Early Warning
Part II - "Truly Live"
Because the other TV stations rely completely on National Weather Service radar, they can only show you storms where they were 5 to 10 minutes ago. When they call their radars "live," it just means they have a stream of information coming in from the government. The 5 to 10 minute lag they suffer is a result of the way the government radars scan the sky.
Built completely independent of the government by KOAA-TV, First Alert Doppler is the first and only radar in Southern Colorado that's truly live. While everyone else shows you where the storm was 5 to 10 minutes ago, First Alert shows you where the storm is right now.
In addition to being truly live, First Alert Doppler provides many advantages over government radar. It's powerful, scanning the skies 300 miles in every direction, covering the entire state of Colorado, as well as significant parts of surrounding states. It's fast, rotating up to 3 times per minute - or once every 20 seconds. It's got high sensitivity, which allows it to "see" and show you snow storms far better than most radars.
"When everyone else is showing you where the storm was 5 to 10 minutes ago, the only team that can show you exactly where it is right now is First Alert," says Mike Daniels.
When you click the video link below, you'll launch a 2:55 video covering the most important and most valuable features of First Alert Doppler.
Click here to go to Part I - "Get the Early Warning" with Mike Madson.
Click here to go to Part III - "How It Works" with Craig Eliot.
Click here to go to Part IV - "Saving Lives" with Bill Meck, Chief Meteorologist at WLEX-TV in Lexington, KY.
