MIDLAND 74-250 Owner Manual - Manual (Page 5)

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Midland 74-250 7-channel weather/ all hazards monitor is
designed to receive these SAME transmissions.
Your Midland 74-250 can be programmed with up to 9 predefined
county/channels that will define which notices broadcast by your
local NOAA weather station will cause the radio to alert you
.
This includes warnings, watches and statements of weather and
other area emergencies, about 40 different types.
Also included in the SAME message is the amount of time for
which the message is effective. The 74-250 will continue to
display the alert until its time expires. In the upper left of the
display will be the time the alert was received.
You don’t need to wait for the 74-250 to give you an alert. Just
find the NWR station broadcasting to your area from the 7
available channels. You can listen at any time, day or night to the
latest weather information from the National Weather Service.
See quick use guide
What is a FIPS Code?
The NWR divides the United States and territories by state and
county (or parish) and assigns a six digit code number called a
FIPS (Federal Information Processing System) code or also
known as a NWR/SAME county code. The first digit identifies
subdivision. The next two identify the state or territory, and the
last three identify the county. For example the code for Clay
county Missouri is 029047. The“047” indicates the county, the
“29” indicates the state, and the “0” indicates the subdivision of
the county. In this case and most cases the code will have a zero
for the first digit, indicating that no subdivision is in use. The
NWS plans to introduce subdivisions of some counties in the
future, assigning digits 1 through 9 to the parts resulting in codes
like 529047.