Midland Radio WR-300 - Manual (Page 15)

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PROGRAMMING YOUR WEATHER RADIO.
NWR, NOAA, NWS, & SAME:
National Weather Radio (NWR) is a service of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA.) As the
"Voice of the National Weather Service", it provides continuous
broadcasts of the latest weather information from your local
National Weather Service (NWS) office.
In 1994, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
began broadcasting coded emergency signals that identify the
specific geographic area (such as a county) affected by an
emergency. Until that time such specific emergency weather
information was sent in other ways to broadcast stations and
others then relayed to the public.
NOAA transmits the coded weather emergency signals using a
technique called SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding). The
Midland WR-300 7-channel weather/ all hazards monitor is
designed to receive these SAME transmissions.
Your Midland WR-300 can be programmed with up to 30
predefined state/county codes that will determine which notices
broadcast by your NOAA weather station will cause the radio to
alert you. Warnings, watches and statements of weather and other
area emergencies, about 50 different types- will activate the radio
if one or more location code programmed into your unit is
included in the SAME message.