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This s ett ing determines whic h ty pes of s ignals will trigger an a lert. Choos e your
settin g, then p re ss F.
Alert Only — the scanner aler ts when it detects the 1050 Hz tone th at
accompani es all weather alerts.
SAME 1-5 — the scanner aler ts and displays information about the weather alert
w hen it recei ves a weather alert signal that includes any FIPS code you have
programmed into the specified SAME gr oup.
All FIPS — the scanner aler ts and displays information about the weather alert
whe n it receives an y FI PS code.
Programming a SAME Group
You can edi t any of the 5 SAME groups i n your scanner . Each gr oup c an have up
to 8 FIPS cod e s.
SAME (Specif ic Area Messag ing Syst em) is a syste m deve loped by t he Na tional
Weather Servic e to reduce the number of aler ts r eceived by consumers by
al l owi ng them to hea r al er t s on ly for th e counti es in w hi ch the y ha v e inter est such
as where they l ive or work. Each alert contains infor mation about the type and
severity of the alert, as well as the specific geographic locations affected by the
alert.
The ge ograph ic l ocati on s ar e d esi gn ate d us ing FIPS codes. Each coun ty or p ar i sh
in the US and i ts ter r itor ies are assi gned a F IPS code. In addi ti on, certain special
regions and wildcard set t in gs ca n be assign ed.
F IPS codes are in the format nSSCCC:
n — A special sub-county designator. For an enti re county, use 0.
SS — The state co de.
CCC — The county code.
For example, Tar rant County i n Texas is assi gned to FIPS code 048439.
0 indica tes the en tire county
48 indicat es th e st ate of Texas
439 indi cates Tar r ant County
To ge t the FIPS co de for your coun ty, visit the Na tion a l Wea the r Servi ce we b site
at http ://www.nws.no aa .gov an d search f or “FIPS Listing ”.