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Model WR400
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messages. Those messages unimportant to you can be programmed to only display a message on
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Reviewing Alerts
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Test Signals Broadcast by NWS
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local NWS station broadcasts test signals by logging onto
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give a list of counties covered by their transmitter. The NWS test signal allows everyone with weather
radio receivers to verify the operation of their equipment.
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the weather radio alert.
