Midland Weather Radios


Midland Weather Alert Weather Radios

WR-10 Weather Alert / AM / FM	74-109 Weather Alert	74-200 S.A.M.E. Weather Alert
WR-30 S.A.M.E. Weather Alert / FM	74-250C S.A.M.E. Weather Alert	WR-100 S.A.M.E. Weather Alert / Clock
	WR-300 S.A.M.E. Weather Alert AM / FM / Clock

WEATHER INFORMATION AND NOAA

WHAT IS S.A.M.E.?

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S.A.M.E. - Is a feature in MIDLAND Weather Radios that allows you to program in your county code or counties codes. This will eliminate any Alerts that are not within your programmed Specific Area. For example, if you only want to be informed for alerts within your county just program in your county code. But, if you want to be informed about counties that are North, South, East and West of you, you can do so.

Look at the image on the right.

TYPES OF ALERTS

EAS Event (NWR-SAME) Codes
Weather-Related Events	NWR-SAME Code	Status
Blizzard Warning	BZW	Operational
Coastal Flood Watch	CFA	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Coastal Flood Warning	CFW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Dust Storm Warning	DSW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Flash Flood Watch	FFA	Operational
Flash Flood Warning	FFW	Operational
Flash Flood Statement	FFS	Operational
Flood Watch	FLA	Operational
Flood Warning	FLW	Operational
Flood Statement	FLS	Operational
High Wind Watch	HWA	Operational
High Wind Warning	HWW	Operational
Hurricane Watch	HUA	Operational
Hurricane Warning	HUW	Operational
Hurricane Statement	HLS	Operational
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SVA	Operational
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SVR	Operational
Severe Weather Statement	SVS	Operational
Special Marine Warning	SMW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Special Weather Statement	SPS	Operational
Tornado Watch	TOA	Operational
Tornado Warning	TOR	Operational
Tropical Storm Watch	TRA	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Tropical Storm Warning	TRW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Tsunami Watch	TSA	Operational
Tsunami Warning	TSW	Operational
Winter Storm Watch	WSA	Operational
Winter Storm Warning	WSW	Operational


Non-Weather-Related Events	NWR-SAME Code	Status
National Codes-Required
Emergency Action Notification	EAN	Operational
Emergency Action Termination	EAT	Operational
National Information Center	NIC	Operational
State and Local Codes-optional
Avalanche Watch	AVA	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Avalanche Warning	AVW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Child Abduction Emergency	CAE	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Civil Danger Warning	CDW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Civil Emergency Message	CEM	Operational
Earthquake Warning	EQW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Evacuation Immediate	EVI	Operational
Fire Warning	FRW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Hazardous Materials Warning	HMW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Law Enforcement Warning	LEW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Local Area Emergency	LAE	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
911 Telephone Outage Emergency	TOE	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Nuclear Power Plant Warning	NUW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Radiological Hazard Warning	RHW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Shelter in Place Warning	SPW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Volcano Warning	VOW	NWS implementation June 30, 2004

Administrative Events	NWR-SAME Code	Status
Administrative Message	ADR	Operational
National Periodic Test	NPT	Operational
Network Message Notification	NMN	NWS implementation June 30, 2004
Practice/Demo Warning	DMO	Operational
Required Monthly Test	RMT	Operational
Required Weekly Test	RWT	Operational

A WARNING is an event that alone poses a significant threat to public safety and/or property, probability of occurrence and location is high, and the onset time is relatively short.

A WATCH meets the classification of a warning, but either the onset time, probability of occurrence, or location is uncertain.

An EMERGENCY is an event that, by itself, would not kill or injure or do property damage, but indirectly may cause other things to happen that result in a hazard. For example, a major power or telephone loss in a large city alone is not a direct hazard, but disruption to other critical services could create a variety of conditions that could directly threaten public safety.

A STATEMENT is a message containing follow up information to a warning, watch, or emergency.

EAS Event (NWR-SAME) Codes