Severe Weather Warning Radios

[Michael E. Nie]

The recent tornado in the Cincinnati area has greatly increased interest
in
NOAA weather alert receivers.  WARN believes these radios provide the best
option for personal severe weather warning.  For homes and businesses,
they
are much more effective than depending on outdoor warning sirens.  Outdoor
warning sirens are only effective when/where they can be heard.

Right now, demand is exceeding supply on weather alert receivers in this
area, especially the newer technology SAME (Specific Area Message
Encoding)
receivers that allow you to program which counties for which you wish to
receive alerts.  Electronics stores are constantly replenishing their
supplies as they are exhausted.  Even though they are more expensive, we
highly recommend this newer style radio.  Since you only receive alerts of
interest to you, fewer people tend to get complacent and turn them off.

Some people who have been able to locate these radios have stated that
they
can't find the codes for area counties.  Here is a list of local SAME
county
codes:

Indiana:

Dearborn          018029
Franklin          018047
Ohio              018115
Ripley            018137
Switzerland       018155


Kentucky:

Boone             021015
Bracken           021023
Campbell          021037
Gallatin          021077
Grant             021081
Kenton            021117
Owen              021187
Pendleton         021191


Ohio:

Brown             039015
Butler            039017
Clermont          039025
Clinton           039027
Hamilton          039061
Warren            039165

For counties not listed here, the National Weather Service maintains a
list
of all codes for the United States and its territories at
http://www.nws.noa.gov/nwr/indexnw.html#sametable.

Michael Nie
Public Information Officer
Weather Amateur Radio Network



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