# Polygons are Hard!

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Podcast: [The DebrisBallers’s Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-debrisballers-s-podcast-7727293)
Published: 2026-05-23T16:07:44+00:00
Episode link: https://DebrisBallers.podbean.com/e/polygons-are-hard/
Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/t2fabmh7897bkdia/DB9.mp4
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Duration seconds: 892

## Resource

In this episode we take a deeper dive into how storm warnings are actually issued. Warning polygons are a huge improvement over the county based warnings of the early 2000s but they offer some challenges for the warning forecaster and end user alike.

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