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Located in northwestern Tennessee, Henry County had no reliable weather radio coverage due to their great distance from the NWS transmitters. In 1999, Darryl Wilson from the Henry County Medical Center contacted Thunder Eagle to design an interface for the medical center to receive NOAA weather radio. Thunder Eagle created a special interface to transmit severe weather alerts for Henry County on the county ambulance radio channel. As the system was turned on for the first time, Henry County received an alert for real tornadoes that were touching down in the area. People all over the county took shelter and the NWS awarded Darryl and the hospital a national Mark Trail award for helping the NWS save lives.