There are a few area ham repeaters that have the controller programed to say "Weather Alert" when there are local warnings and "Skywarn Net" during an active net (this is similar to the ID process, but generally every 5 mins or so and only when the repeater isn't currently active). The "Skywarn Net" alert is part of the configuration when a control op uses the tones to activate the net (along with linking the various networked repeaters, changing the courtesy tone, remove the PL tone, etc.). I believe that the "Weather Alert" is initiated by the weather service either from their text service or processing of the normal weather radio's SAME codes. This does require one of the "smart" controllers, but these are pretty common nowdays.
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