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Net Status Color Code Meaning

The Net Status Color Code is determined automatically by a program that is monitoring the National Weather Service's RSS feeds and the Hazardous Weather Outlook. If there are no watches or warnings in any *Primary county and the Hazardous Weather Outlook is not specifying that spotter activation "may be" or "will be" required, the Net Status Color Code will be

"White : Net NOT Activated, no severe weather is anticipated. SleepTime 3600 Seconds"

If there are no watches or warnings in any *Primary county, but the Hazardous Weather Outlook indicates that spotter activation "may be" or "will be" required, the Net Status Color Code will be changed to

"Blue : Net NOT Activated, threat of severe weather is recognized. SleepTime : 1200 Seconds"

If weather watches (severe thunderstorm, or tornado) have been issued for a *Primary county the Net Status Color Code will be changed to

"Green : Net Activation Possible, weather watches have been issued. Sleep Time : 600 Seconds"

If weather watches have been issued for a *Primary county AND a warning has been issued for a **Secondary county the Net Status Color Code will be changed to

"Yellow : Net Activation Likely, severe weather developing. SleepTime : 300 Seconds"

If a warning (severe thunderstorm or tornado) is issued for a Primary county* the Net Status Color Code will NOT automatically be changed to

"RED : NET ACTIVATED, WARNINGS ISSUED. SleepTime : 300 Seconds"

because it cannot determine if a Net has truly been activated. The program knows that a warning has been issued, but cannot determine if a Net has been activated. The Net Status Color Code can only be changed to red manually.

*Primary Counties :
In Minnesota : Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Washington and Wright. In Wisconsin : Pierce, Polk and Saint Croix.

**Secondary Counties : (all in Minnesota)
Benton, Stearns, Meeker, McLeod, Sibley and LeSeur.

The following information is being used to determine the Metro Skywarn Net Status image.

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