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S.A.M.E (Specific Area Message
Encoding) County Codes
Getting the S.A.M.E County Code
Please Note: In Canada you can visit the Environment
Canada website at: http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/msb/
weatheradio/transmitter/index_e.cfm to obtain the CLC
code for your region.
Programming S.A.M.E Codes into the HH54
You can program the HH54 Portable Emergency
Weather Alert Radio with up to 9 S.A.M.E. county
codes. The National Weather service divides the United
States by state and county (or parish) and assigns a six
digit code number called a FIPS (Federal Information
Processing System) code, also known as a S.A.M.E. county
code. This will eliminate any alerts that are not within
these 9 areas of interest. Warnings, watches, advisories
and statements, about 80 different types, will activate
the weather radio for only your programmed specific
area. The S.A.M.E. message the NWS sends contains
information pertaining to the period for which the alert
is valid. NWS can set the active time of the alert from
15 minutes up to 6 hours. When the designated time has
passed, the weather radio display message and light will
automatically reset to their normal appearance.
You can program S.A.M.E. codes to the HH54 Portable
Emergency Weather Alert Radio in three different ways
but first, determine the counties you are interested in and
be prepared to write them down:
1. Call the National Weather Service Toll Free
Number at 1-888-NWS-S.A.M.E or (1-888-697-7263)
When you call the NWS toll-free number, automated
instructions will guide you to obtaining the six-digit S.A.M.E.
County Code(s) you need by entering your state and county
name through a “touch-tone” telephone keypad. Be sure to
write it down for future reference. The automated telephone
system will also give you the option to enter “another com
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bination” which will enable you to obtain additional S.A.M.E.
Codes for surrounding counties.
2. Visit the National Weather Service website at
www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm.
The above internet link will take you to the NWS website.
From there you will need to click on your state, find your
county, and record the “S.A.M.E. code” which will be listed
to the right of your county. Do the same for any other
counties in which you are interested.
3. Visit the Midland Radio Corporation
website at www.midlandradio.com/Products/
Be-Weather-Aware
The above internet link will take you to the Midland
Radio Corporation Be Weather Aware landing page.
From there, click on SAME codes for states, counties
and territories under the Emergency Preparedness
section. This will take you to the NWS website. From
there you will need to click on your state, find your
county, and record the “S.A.M.E. code” which will be
listed to the right of your county. Do the same for any
other counties in which you are interested.
“ANY” S.A.M.E. County Codes is the
Default Factory Setting:
Your HH54 Portable Emergency Weather Alert Radio
comes preprogrammed to receive NWS weather and
hazard alert transmissions for all S.A.M.E. county codes
within range. If this is what you want, leave the radio set
to “ANY.”