WR-100B All Hazards Alert Weather Radio with SAME, By Midland

The WR-100B Weather radio, By Midland is the latest in weather and hazard alert monitoring technology, providing you with the information needed to keep you safe. The Midland WR-100B weather radio has a special receiver that tunes to the 24/7 broadcast issued by the National Weather Service. The combined All Hazards/Weather Alert broadcast network is the single, most immediate source for comprehensive weather and emergency information available to the public.  But most importantly, the WR-100B is made by Midland, an experienced and respected radio company, and meets the stringent NOAA requirements necessary to be a certified Public Alert radio. The WR-100B has the performance, quality, and accessory availability that sets it apart as a professional level product. 

• User selectable warning system - your choice of tone alarm, voice or visual displays
• S.A.M.E. localized reception
• Weather/Snooze Button - large touchbar turns Weather Monitor from alert mode (standby mode) to full-time monitoring
• 25 programmable county codes
• High performance receiver - Receives weather broadcasts up to 50 miles from transmitter
• Eight character LCD display for viewing alert type
• Display back light activates for 5 seconds with any button push 
• Clock displays time and has alarm and snooze functions 
• Backup battery operation for operation during power failure (uses 3 AA batteries, not included)
• Telescoping antenna, as well as an external antenna jack for connection to external antennas such as the Midland 18-259W window mount antenna
• External alert jack to operate external warning devices such as the Midland 18-STR strobe
• External power jack for the included AC adapter, or may be powered from external voltage source (9-14V) in a car, boat or motor home
• Public Alert Certified

For more information, see the WR-100 instruction manual.

About NOAA, NWS, & S.A.M.E. County Codes

IIn 1994, NOAA began broadcasting coded emergency signals that identify the specific geographic area (such as the county within a state) that is affected by an emergency. Until that time such specific emergency weather information was not available directly to the public. NOAA transmits the coded emergency signals using a technique called Specific Area Message Encoding (S.A.M.E.) The WR-100 weather radio is designed to receive these S.A.M.E. county code transmissions.

The National Weather service divides the United States by state and county (or parish) and assigns a six digit code number called a FIPS (Federal Information Processing System) code, also known as a S.A.M.E. county code.

You can program the weather radio with up to 25 S.A.M.E. county codes. The weather radio allows you to receive broadcast alerts for either your own county, or for up to 25 counties. This will eliminate any alerts that are not within your area of interest.

When you program your S.A.M.E. county code(s) into the WR-100 weather radio, you eliminate any alerts that are not within those counties. Warnings, watches and statements of weather and other area emergencies, about 50 different types, will activate the weather radio for only your programmed specific area.

The S.A.M.E. message the NWS sends contains information pertaining to the period for which the alert is valid. NWS can set the active time of the alert from 15 minutes up to 6 hours. When the designated time has passed, the weather radio display message and light will automatically reset to their normal appearance.