NOAA to be more geographically precise on weather warnings

Somebody in Washington is finally listening. Anyone who lives in an area that is subject to severe weather knows quite well that even with a NOAA weather radio, the warnings issued can be miles away and sometimes irrelevant to your particular location. Weather statements of "watches" or "warnings" are issued for entire counties, which in areas of the western United States can be one hundred miles across such as in places like Campbell County, Wyoming. Now comes word that NOAA is changing the way they issue warnings for "short duration" events like tornadoes or flash floods. According to the press release, the "National Weather Service will specify areas within a county and refer to commonly known landmarks such as highways or rivers." I commented on this particular problem last year in an article on my experiences with an earthquake in Hawai’i. The results of these "storm-based warnings," says NOAA, is to enable quicker and more accurate graphical dissemination of information via the web and mobile devices.