Inclement Weather in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast; Below Normal Temperatures Continue

A strong cold front will bring heavy wet snow from the eastern Great Lakes into northern New England and strong thunderstorms with damaging winds in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Well below average temperatures will continue behind this storm system or east of the Rockies, as numerous record low temperatures are likely. Critical fire weather conditions expected in the Southwest and Southeast. Read More >

NWR Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME)

Detailed SAME System Specification (pdf file)

You need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to read pdf files.

Explanation of NWR and SAME

How the NWR SAME system works
How you can program your new NWR SAME receiver with this code
SAME codes for states, counties, and territories
SAME codes for message types
NWS implementations of FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) code changes and / or SAME location code changes
InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) 31 – 2009, Information technology - Codes for the Identification of Counties and Equivalent Areas of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas

NWR service to a county depends on reliable signal reception, which typically extends in about a 40 mile radius from the transmitter, assuming level terrain. Counties without NWR coverage or partial NWR coverage are indicated. Some counties or parts of counties, especially in mountainous areas, may not have reliable reception due to signal blockages or excessive distance from the transmitter.

NWR RSS Feed

Inclement Weather in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast; Below Normal Temperatures Continue

NWR SAME

NWR Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME)

Explanation of NWR and SAME