Heat and Fire Weather Concerns in the West

Heat will build over the Intermountain West and the Southwest the next couple of days. Lightning from dry thunderstorms can create new fire starts and combined with gusty winds may cause a fire to rapidly grow in Oregon and northern California. Elevated fire weather conditions are also expected in the Great Basin. Flash flooding will be possible in Arizona and west Texas, especially in burn scars. Read More >

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The El Paso Area NWS NOAA Weather Radio Program

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The El Paso National Weather Service office operates two transmitter sites in Far West Texas and Southern New Mexico. The NWS NOAA Weather Radio broadcast is the FASTEST most DIRECT source of official weather forecast and warning information for these areas. Click here to find information on El Paso area, Spanish- El Paso area, Las Cruces area, and Silver City area.

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More information on Specific Area Message Encoders (SAME).

County Codes for SAME equipped receivers

County	FIPs Code	Frequency
El Paso	048141	162.475 MHz
Hudspeth	048229	162.475 MHz
Dona Ana	035013	162.400 MHz
Grant	035017	No coverage
Hidalgo	035023	No coverage
Luna	035029	No coverage
Otero	035035	162.400 MHz
Sierra	035051	162.400 MHz

Fast Facts about NWS:

NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) is provided as a public service by the Department of Commerce's (DoC) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

NWR broadcasts National Weather Service warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information 24 hours a day.

Weather radios equipped with a special alarm tone feature can turn themselves on and and sound an alert, giving immediate information about life threatening situations.

There are more than 450 NOAA Weather Radio stations in the 50 states and near adjacent coastal waters, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and U.S. Pacific Territories.

Broadcast distance from a NOAA Weather Radio transmitter is approximately 40 miles.

NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts watches when conditions are favorable for severe weather, and warnings when the occurrence of severe weather is imminent.

Did you know...that the audio you hear on the local cable channel is typically a rebroadcast of NOAA Weather Radio?

Weather radios come in many sizes and with a variety of functions and costs; from simple battery-operated portables, to CB radios, scanners, and short wave sets.

NOAA Weather Radios are available at electronics stores across the county.

SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) technology, a new feature in the NWR system, will let listeners pre-select the NWS alerts they want to receive, based on the county where they live.

NOAA Weather Radio is beginning a program that will turn written words into quality synthesized-voice broadcasts, significantly reducing the time it takes to get watch and warning information to the public.

The goal of the National Weather Service and other emergency preparedness agencies is to expand the reach of weather radio broadcasts to 95 percent of the U.S. population.

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Meet Mark Trail...legendary comic strip character. He is the official spokesperson for NOAA Weather Radio. Mark has taught generations of Americans about life in the outdoors. The strip, syndicated by King Features in 175 newspapers nationwide, is written and drawn by Jack Elrod.

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