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This setting determines which types of signals will trigger an alert. Choose your 
setting, then press

 

F

.

 — the scanner alerts when it detects the 1050 Hz tone that 

accompanies all weather alerts.

 — the scanner alerts and displays information about the weather alert 

when it receives a weather alert signal that includes any FIPS code you have 
programmed into the specified SAME group.

 — the scanner alerts and displays information about the weather alert 

when it receives any FIPS code.

You can edit any of the 5 SAME groups in your scanner. Each group can have up 
to 8 FIPS codes.

SAME (Specific Area Messaging System) is a system developed by the National 
Weather Service to reduce the number of alerts received by consumers by 
allowing them to hear alerts only for the counties in which they have interest such 
as where they live or work. Each alert contains information about the type and 
severity of the alert, as well as the specific geographic locations affected by the 
alert.

The geographic locations are designated using FIPS codes. Each county or parish 
in the US and its territories are assigned a FIPS code. In addition, certain special 
regions and wildcard settings can be assigned.

FIPS codes are in the format nSSCCC:

n — A special sub-county designator. For an entire county, use 0.

SS — The state code.

CCC — The county code.

For example, Tarrant County in Texas is assigned to FIPS code 048439.

0 indicates the entire county

48 indicates the state of Texas

439 indicates Tarrant County

To get the FIPS code for your county, visit the National Weather Service web site 
at http://www.nws.noaa.gov and search for “FIPS Listing”.