STORM PRO-2
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The
StormPro2 gives you advance weather warning technology you can use, indoors
or out,
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and take
wherever you go, for any kind of outdoor activities. The StormPro2 Storm
Tracker
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uses
the latest miniature electronic technology to detect the electromagnetic (EM)
signature
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of the
lightning strikes in thunderstorms to 130 miles (208kM), then ranges and
tracks the storm.
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Once
the storm is within 75 miles (120kM) of you, StormPro2 provides a warning to
you using
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four
different methods: text messages on the liquid crystal display (LCD),
flashing the backlight
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on the LCD,
changing the color of the power-on indicator (LED), and sounding an audible
tone.
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All
of the tracking and alert functions of the StormPro2 are automatic when the
unit is turned on,
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and several
are configurable using easy menu selections. NOTE: There are two types of
lightning
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strikes
produced by a thunderstorms, cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud, also called
heat
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lightning. For any
user on the ground, the cloud-to-ground strike is the most dangerous. The
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StormPro2
is designed to detect cloud-to-ground lightning strikes. There may be
occasions where
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storms
will produce cloud-to-cloud lightning strokes that are not detected by the
StormPro2,
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but extreme
caution should always be used when exposed to lighting storms.
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The
StormPro2 Storm Tracker alerts you to thunderstorms within 75 miles (120kM)
of your location
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using the EM
signatures of the lightning strikes within a storm cell. The unit detects
multiple cells
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near
you and provides range and speed information on the closest cell, plus an
indication
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that other
active cells are in your area. The indicators will also alert you to squall
lines or
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supercell
thunderstorms (super-cells comprise about 10% of all thunderstorms and are
larger and
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much more
violent than normal storms.) When lightning activity is detected, information
related
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to that
activity is displayed in a set of two-line messages on the LCD. The messages
repeat
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every few
seconds, so any particular message is repeated within a short time period.
While the
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StormPro2
remains on, it continually accumulates lightning strike data from storm cell
activity
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within its
detection range. As more data is accumulated about any particular storm cell,
more
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accurate position
and speed information is displayed for the user. Once the unit determines
that
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a
storm is within eight miles (13kM) of your location, the StormPro2 warns you
that the storm is
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LOCAL.
The StormPro2 will maintain this warning until the storm has moved beyond the
eight
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mile (13kM)
range. While the storm is local, the unit will calculate and display the
estimated time
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for the storm
cell to move beyond the eight mile (13kM) range. As the lightning strikes
from the
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Storm
cell to move beyond the eight mile (13kM) range. As the lightning strikes
from the storm
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continue to
register, the time to clear will be updated. More precise range alerts can be
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customized
as follows: under 20 miles 1 mile increments/ above 20 miles increments
settings of
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5
miles. The StormPro2 continually monitors the EM activity of detected storms
and uses this
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data
to provide additional warning information about super-cell storms and squall
lines to
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the user when
detected. Both of these storm types produce high winds and extreme rain,
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and may spawn
tornadoes.
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