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Weather Radio All Hazards

A weather radio is a “smoke detector for severe weather and hazardous conditions.” Every family and business needs one.
 

• A NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards with an alarm and battery back-up is one of the best ways to protect your family

• The alarm feature can wake you up during severe weather and give you and your family time to seek appropriate shelter
• A NOAA Weather Radio is a 24-hour source of weather forecasts, watches, warnings, and non-weather emergency information provided by the National Weather Service
• If there is no severe weather then your weather radio can be switched to a silent, stand-by mode
• A weather radio with S.A.M.E. technology allows you to program your radio to alarm only for hazardous conditions that affect your county.

How to Purchase a Weather Radio

• You can buy your radio at most electronic stores.
• Weather radios come in many sizes, with a variety of functions and costs
• Most weather radio receivers are either battery-operated portables or AC-powered desktop models with battery backup
• The portable weather radios are an important item to take along when you’re enjoying the outdoors such as camping and boating.
• Look for Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) technology that allows you to program your radio to alarm only for hazardous conditions that affect your county.

Special Needs Radios

• Your weather radio can be adapted to meet special needs such as those of the hearing impaired
  • Flashing light
  • Bed shaker
  • Siren
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Radio Programming

• The following charts provides information on how to program your weather radio