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Turning Weather Alert On/Off
In weather alert mode, your scanner functions as a severe weather warning radio.
This is especially useful when your area is expecting severe weather conditions
late at night. When you set the scanner to weather alert mode, it holds on the
weather channel, but does not play the channel’s audio. If it detects a weather
alert, it sounds a tone, displays information about the weather alert, and turns on
the audio so you can hear the weather broadcast.
[MENU]
WX Operation F
Weather Alert F
F + [WX]
This setting determines which types of signals will trigger an alert. Choose your
setting, then press
F.
Alert Only — the scanner alerts when it detects the 1050 Hz tone that
accompanies all weather alerts.
SAME 1-5 — the scanner alerts and displays information about the weather alert
when it receives a weather alert signal that includes any FIPS code you have
programmed into the specified SAME group.
All FIPS — the scanner alerts and displays information about the weather alert
when it receives any FIPS code.
Programming a SAME Group
You can edit any of the 5 SAME groups in your scanner. Each group can have up
to 8 FIPS codes.
SAME (Specific Area Messaging System) is a system developed by the National
Weather Service to reduce the number of alerts received by consumers by
allowing them to hear alerts only for the counties in which they have interest such
as where they live or work. Each alert contains information about the type and
severity of the alert, as well as the specific geographic locations affected by the
alert.
The geographic locations are designated using FIPS codes. Each county or parish
in the US and its territories are assigned a FIPS code. In addition, certain special
regions and wildcard settings can be assigned.
FIPS codes are in the format nSSCCC:
n: A special sub-county designator. For an entire county, use 0.