ASH - BRE - BRO - CB - CC - COMS - F - HE - H - HW - MB1 - MB2
NCH - NV - RC - RR - S - SP - SR - SW - TG - WE - WV

Posted by NPDSC at 8:38 AM CDT

Updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 9:25 AM CDT

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NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) is a nationwide network of transmitters broadcasting continuous weather information direct from a nearby National Weather Service office. NWR broadcasts National Weather Service warnings, watches, forecasts, and other hazard information 24 hours a day.

When an NWS office broadcasts a warning, watch, or non-weather emergency, it also broadcasts a digital Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) code that may be heard as a very brief static burst depending on the characteristics of the receiver.

This SAME code contains the type of message, county(s) affected, and message expiration time. You can program your receiver to only respond to your local SAME code. Therefore, your receiver is muted until a watch, warning, or alert is issued for your local area.

DuPage   017043 Lockport, IL 162.425Mhz
Will         017197 Lockport, IL 162.425Mhz
Kane       017089 Lockport, IL 162.425Mhz
Cook       017031 Lockport, IL 162.425Mhz
Cook       017031 Chicago, IL  162.550Mhz

Here is an example of a portable Weather Alert radio with SAME. Weather radios

Posted by NPDSC at 7:21 AM CDT

Updated: Friday, February 10, 2006 7:13 AM CST

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