8.6.1.2 | What is NWR?
NOAA Weather Radio (or NWR) is a public service provided by NOAA as an “all hazards” radio network. In addition
to broadcasting weather alerts, NWR also sends non-weather alerts for both natural and man-made hazards. The
main National Weather Radio service web page can be found at
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/.
8.6.1.3 | What is EAS?
Emergency Alert System (or EAS) sends alerts for imminent life- and property-threatening hazards that are
broadcasted with the S.A.M.E. signal and the 1050 Hz warning alarm tone, to indicate cases in which the public
has to take immediate action to protect themselves and their property.
8.6.1.4 | What are S.A.M.E County Codes?
NOAA transmits the coded emergency signals using a technique called Specific Area Message Encoding (S.A.M.E.).
Halo+ is designed to receive these S.A.M.E. county code transmissions. The National Weather service divides the
United States by state and county and assigns a six-digit code number called a Federal Information Processing
System code, also known as a S.A.M.E. county code. This will eliminate any alerts that are not within your area of
interest.
CAUTION WHEN SELECTING WEATHER ALERTS!
Emergency Alert System (EAS) may alert at any time of the day. Please be aware that
urgent weather alerts may wake people up in the middle of the night.
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