Midland Radio 74-250(C) manual Using the Alert Function

to listen to the broadcast for the 5 minutes press and release the “Snooze/Func” button to mute the speaker.

USING THE ALERT FUNCTION:

When your 74-250 receives alert, an audible alert tone is heard (depending on settings) and the display will scroll showing the nature of the alert, watch, warning, statement, and the time the alert was received. The audio will be turned on (depending on settings) to allow you to hear the broadcast. The LED on top of the radio will flash red indicating the radio has received an alert. The alert duration can be between 15

minutes and 6 hours. This duration is determined by the NWS.

NWR Alert Descriptions

This table contains the NWR descriptions of all the types of alerts that your 74-250 will display. The display text and type of alert sound are shown for each type of alert

What You See

Tornado Watch

Tornado Warning

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Sever Thunderstorm Warning

Flash Flood Watch

Flash Flood Warning

Flood Watch

Flood Warning

Winter Storm Watch

Winter Storm Warning

Blizzard Warning

High Wind Watch

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Alert Sound

Fast siren

Very fast siren

Fast siren

Very fast siren

Fast siren

Very fast siren

Fast siren

Very fast siren

Fast siren

Very fast siren Very fast siren Fast siren