Wow, no reflection on you but, this scares the daylights out of me! I can’t imagine the NWS asking someone who I assume would have little or no experience, training or competency to “set emergency alerts of all kinds” that could very conceivably have a life or death impact on many citizens in the area. Sorry if I am over-reacting but, I spent years in school learning the technical intricacies of radar systems and their operating fundamentals. That included both fixed, mobile (ship and aircraft) systems as well as Doppler systems. Interpreting the display of a radar scope is not an easy task without a lot of background training and in this case, knowledge in how weather systems impact the radar returns. There must be more to this story than you have told us…