WR-300 Weather and Hazard Alert Monitoring AM FM Alarm Clock Radio with S.A.M.E. By Midland

WR-300 Midland
S.A.M.E. Weather/Hazard Alert Monitor

The WR-300 AM, FM, 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-300 weather radio has a special receiver that tunes to the 24/7 broadcast issued by the National Weather Service as well as standard AM and FM bands. The combined All Hazards/Weather Alert broadcast network is the single, most immediate source for comprehensive weather and emergency information available to the public.

• User selectable warning system - your choice of siren alarm, voice or visual flasher
• S.A.M.E. localized reception
• 23 programmable county codes
• Add/Edit/Remove unwanted alerts.
• Receives weather broadcasts up to 50 miles from transmitter
• Eleven character LCD display for viewing alert type
• Display back light activates with any button push, or may be set for continuous operation 
• Clock displays time and date and has alarm and snooze functions 
• Built in AM/FM Digital Radio for listening or wake up alarm
• Auto Switch from AM/FM to All Hazard Alerts
• Backup battery operation for operation during power failure (uses 4 AA batteries, not included)
• 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
• Earphone jack allows private listening or remote speaker
• External power jack for the included AC adapter, or may be powered from external 12 volt source in a car, boat or motor home
• Public Alert Certified

For more information, see the WR-300 instruction manual.

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

In 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-300 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 23 S.A.M.E. county codes. The weather radio allows you to receive broadcast alerts for either your own county, or for up to 23 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-300 weather radio, you eliminate any alerts that are not within those counties. Warnings, watches and advisories 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.