Sirius XM Weather & Emergency

Sirius XM Weather & Emergency

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Broadcast area	United States Canada
Frequency	XM247 SR184
Branding	Emergency Alert
Programming
Format	24/7 traffic and weather, emergency alerts and news
Affiliations	The Weather Channel
Ownership
Owner	Sirius XM Radio
History
First air date	2004-09-10 on XM as XM EMergency Alert
Technical information
Class	Satellite radio channel
Links
Website	Sirius XM Weather & Emergency

Sirius XM Weather & Emergency was a free satellite radio channel dedicated to providing critical, updated information before, during and after natural disasters, weather emergencies and other hazardous incidents as well as AMBER Alerts to listeners across North America. The channel was also affiliated with The Weather Channel. It was normally a low bitrate channel, but bitrate was raised in case of widespread emergencies. The channel number, 247 on XM, is a reference to the term 24/7, the old name of the channel XM Emergency Alert.

As a promotional channel, it was available from any XM or Sirius radio without a subscription (which is required by law as part of the Emergency Alert System, which they are required to take part in).

These channels were discontinued during November 2010.

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Former XM Logo as XM Emergency Alert

Past emergencies as XM Emergency Alert

During these events, XM Emergency Alert was used to give specific regional information for the affected area:

2011

Hurricane Irene with an audio relay of The Weather Channel from August 28–29.

2010

None.

2009

None.

2008

• Hurricane Ike, and local relays of KTRH and KHOU-TV.
• Hurricane Hanna
• Hurricane Gustav, and local relay of WRNO-FM
• Tropical Storm Fay
• Hurricane Dolly

2007

• October 2007 California wildfires, and local radio relays of KFI and KOGO
• February–March 2007 Tornado Outbreak

2006

• 2006 Colorado Blizzard
• 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake
• Hurricane Florence
• Hurricane Ernesto
• Tropical Storm Chris
• Tropical Storm Alberto

2005

• 2005 New York City transit strike
• Hurricane Wilma
• Hurricane Rita
• Hurricane Ophelia
• Hurricane Katrina
• Hurricane Dennis

2004

• Hurricane Jeanne
• Hurricane Ivan

External links

• Sirius XM Weather & Emergency - XM Webpage
• Sirius XM Weather & Emergency - Sirius webapage