CBS Coverage
 

There have been a few comments about poor coverage of the tournament this year by CBS, but this takes it to another level.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/cb...234549994.html

The decision makers likely went to Ohio State.

Peace

A tornado warning means a tornado has been spotted. It's not just a possibility...it's currently happening. If people died because they were watching the game and didn't take cover because the station held off a couple minutes, could you imagine the headlines then?

People need to examine themselves and their priorities.

Hit the nail on the head! It's hammer time!

If was part of the EAS...stations generally cant do a thing about it shy of turning their receivers off and risk a fine.

You mean THE Ohio State? :cool:

Yeah but a blank screen is WAAAY too far. Keep showing the game and either 1) do a voiceover, or 2) show a graphic. Or both. Don't cut away from the game.

Meteorology undergrad here with a minor public service clarification. A tornado warning can indeed be from a spotted tornado, but it can also be issued when doppler radar indicates that a severe thunderstorm is capable of producing a tornado.

That said, the average Joe needs to treat this as a distinction without a difference. Stop watching basketball and take cover!

Isn't that a tornado watch, not a warning?

Nope. A watch means the atmospheric conditions in general (synoptic and mesoscale) are conducive to development of storms that could produce tornadoes. Be wary, but go about your daily life.

A warning is an actual tornado as observed on the ground or by radar. Take cover!

The former usually precedes the latter, but not always.

If CBS blacked out the screen to announce a watch, shame on them. I think it was an actual warning, though.




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Seen this done several times. Never heard of the blank screen

Actually I mean Ohio. ;)

Peace

Watch means conditions are right for a tornado
Warning means a tornado is imminent or on the ground

I've seen it a few times, but as one poster pointed out, the station is overridden by the Emergency Broadcast System. Nothing the station can do about it. This usually only happens for no kidding life threatening events (tornado warning, earthquake, tsunami, etc.). Severe thunderstorm warnings don't usually result in the EBS black screen. Though if you live in Oklahoma or Kansas, the station will probably preempt on their own volition anyway.


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I was not only in the described tv market, but actually smack dab in the middle of the storm path in suburban Columbus.

It was indeed a warning, but there wasn't a touchdown or sighted tornado but rather a tight thunderstorm that started showing rotation. The neighboring county was in T-warning for some time while the local CBS affiliate stayed with the game, and our county was in T-warning for a few mins too until they finally pulled the plug for weather preemption (the other local affiliates had been in meteorologist-nirvana preemption for awhile). It wasn't an EAS alert, just the normal preemption. But yea, they had tech difficulties and showed a blank green or black screen for about 5 mins - right at the end of the game. Idiotic.

Split screen, people.

When I was growing up in the 80s, that was the case. Radar technology has improved to the point that warnings are now issued without someone spotting the funnel.

That's my layman's understanding.

More understandable than the "Heidi" game.

I'm old school like that. Lol

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For The Young'uns ...
 

Thanks for sharing that ! wow after learning about the "Heidi game I for one am glad that in these modern days we have immediate ESPN highlights that would've afforded a thorough review of said game; however, the justification for interrupting the Raider's game paled in glaring comparison to the rational explaination by NBC for interupting the Kentucky game.
If North Korea had--just suppose---fueled icbms targeting at Seoul and cofirmed by our DoD that launch is imminent and it is now Finals with Zags v Heels and a critical block/charge discrepancy near game's end occurs where Gonzaga is leading by 1; however, all networks suddenly switch to the President just as whistles blow and all are breathless---we wouldn't mind right?

In DC/NVA, they would sound an annoying alarm to get your attention, and run the scroll across the bottom or top of the screen with picture-in-picture technology to show and tell you what's going on. The picture feed would continue.

I've even seen them switch and put your televised program in a smaller screen, but never wipe it out completely.

Similar to politics......five people will say they did good, five will say they did bad, and five won't care either way. :o

Yes, and this change has done more harm than good. This is one of my BIGGEST pet peeves. When Adam and I were growing up if we heard the words "Tornado Warning," EVERYONE reacted immediately and took all necessary precautions because it was understood that an actual tornado was in the area. Now, I hear the words "Tornado Warning" and I calmly go to the TV or smart phone and have to discern... Is this a real Tornado Warning or is this simply a flawed radar technology scare tactic could maybe develop into an actual tornado Tornado Warning. Truthfully, I've become numb to Tornado Warnings because there is rarely an actual tornado that accompanies them. I'm sure I'm not the only one and if so, that is dangerous.

I assure you you're not.