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Getting your S.A.M.E. County Codes:
A. First, determine the counties you are interested in. Then, do one of the following three steps to get the codes:
1.The National Weather Service
This is what to expect when you call the NWS number. When you call the NWS
•You will hear “Welcome to the National Weather Service. You have reached the Specific Area Message Encoding Program Service.”
•If you select “touch tone” to make your entries, you will be prompted to enter the name of your state using the telephone keypad.
•Next you will be prompted to enter your county name.
•Then you will hear, “Your geographic code is XXXXXX”. (This is your S.A.M.E. County Code.
2.The Internet Web Site of National Weather Service- www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm
When you pull up this URL, you will see a list of states .
•Click on your state.
•Find your county, and record the S.A.M.E. number listed next to your county.
3.Go to the Midland Radio Corporation website at www.midlandradio.com
•Click on the weather radio link at the top of the page.
•At the top of the weather radio page will be a link to the NWS list of states and corresponding county codes. Click on this link.
•Click on your state and a list of counties and codes will be listed. Find your county and then find your code.
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