Partial County Alerting Setup
What is partial county alerting?
Find your partial county alert code
Partial County Alerting (PCA) provides more geographically-precise weather alerts.
Partial county alert fact sheet
Partial County Alerting (PCA) allows the National Weather Service to provide more geographically-precise alerts. With PCA, NOAA Weather Radio users will receive more accurate alerts and fewer warnings for their area.
Program a Midland WR120 NOAA weather alert radio
Press MENU. Arrow up or down to SET LOCATION. Press ENTER. “SINGLE” appears on the screen. Press ENTER. “01 (your county name and state)” appear on the screen. Press right arrow. The S.A.M.E. code for your county is now displayed, with the first digit blinking. Use the up or down arrow to change the first digit. Press ENTER. “01 USER DEFINED” appears on the screen. Press MENU two (2) times to save and exit. You are finished. If you feel you made a mistake, repeat steps above until “01 USER DEFINED” appears on screen, then press right arrow to again display the numeric S.A.M.E. code. Adjust as needed. If you want to go back to entire-county alerting, place a 0 (zero) in the first position of the SAME code, and press MENU two (2) times to save.
Set Up Partial County Alerting on WR120 NOAA Weather Radio
Program a Midland WR400 NOAA weather alert radio
Press MENU. Arrow up or down to SET LOCATION. Press ENTER. “SINGLE” appears on the screen. Press ENTER. “01 (your county name and state)” appear on the screen. Press right arrow. The S.A.M.E. code for your county is now displayed, with the first digit blinking. Use the up or down arrow to change the first digit. Press ENTER. “01 USER DEFINED” appears on the screen. Press MENU two (2) times to save and exit. You are finished. If you feel you made a mistake, repeat steps above until “01 USER DEFINED” appears on screen, then press right arrow to again display the numeric S.A.M.E. code. Adjust as needed. If you want to go back to entire-county alerting, place a 0 (zero) in the first position of the SAME code, and press MENU two (2) times to save.
Set Up Partial County Alerting on WR400 NOAA Weather Radio
Note: If programmed for partial county alerting, your location will always display “User Defined,” not the actual name of your county.