One is automated texting when the national weather service issues a storm warning. A text is automatically sent for tornado or severe storm WARNING. This means a severe storm or tornado is imminent and you should seek shelter.
We do not have the parameters set up for watches because people get numb to the constant text for watches. (Plus people don’t appreciate the constant late night texts…..like Kacey….at 3am)
We also have the ability to sent a text manually. Over the last couple days, we have been fortunate enough that we had the available personnel to share more specific storm information as it comes out in real time. Some of this information is raw and is subject to change in a minutes notice.
Our staff does their best to try to get the information out as fast as we can. We have multiple social media platforms that we try to update also but may not be as fast as we would like.
We encourage you to have multiple sources for severe weather information. If you would like to sign up for our textcaster please visit our website at www.batescountysheriff.com. Scroll down to the bottom and there is a link you can follow. You should input your information the receive a confirmation code. You will then need to enter the confirmation code and you should be signed up.
****remember this is not a guarantee and you should always have more than one source for emergency information***
