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[dallascowboys]

I just purchased the Midland WR120 Alert monitor what I want to know is how do I program the cities in it I put all the Fips codes in it that I want but a friend of mine has the same system and when an alert happens it show the county that the alert is for, so again how do I program the counties into this system ?

 

[FPOWLD]

Recheck your directions....page 8. (Display). Is this what you want? I use option VOICE. Have you checked with your friend on how he programmed his?

 

[dallascowboys]

Ok will check page 8 and my friends alert radio was already programed with the counties in it when he pulled it out of the box.

 

[fuzzmanks]

Did you check the reviews on this model? The review numbers look pretty good, but I didn't read them for the model 120EZ. On Amazon, as I recall, this model 100 and 200 didn't get great reviews. Poor quality and very poor customer service. But it has been several months since I shopped for my own Weather Alert Radio. I went with a different brand.

 

[MesquiteWx]

friend of mine has the same system and when an alert happens it show the county that the alert is for, so again how do I program the counties into this system ?

He is using S.A.M.E codes for the counties. S.A.M.E. codes are for counties. FIPS is for cities.

So look up on the NWS site from the link I posted and get the S.A.M.E. code for the county you're looking for.

NOAA Weather Radio

 

[rdale]

He means the same. FIPS codes and SAME codes both cover counties and cities. But very few cities have their own code.

 

[MesquiteWx]

He means the same. FIPS codes and SAME codes both cover counties and cities. But very few cities have their own code.

That is incorrect. FIPS is Federal Information Processing Standard which every city has. SAME codes ONLY cover counties. So if you use SAME code it will cover ever city under that county. If you want city specific storm based warnings you would use the FIPS codes which every XML is outputted with for every alert when it is a Storm Based alert.

 

[rdale]

Stop, because you are messing people up.

Some SAME codes cover cities. Click the link above and show Virginia.

Most cities are not however. You must use the code for the county you want.

 

[MesquiteWx]

SAME codes are only county based. They cover ALL cities under that county but not specific to a certain city within that county. Hence county based alert. Only exception is small counties. For larger counties SAME will not cover specific cities, it will cover the entire county. So if you want storm based warnings for a certain city within that county you need the FIPS code otherwise you will get the SAME county alert. I have 3 WR300 and 1 WR100 and all of them are set up this way and stream them online with desktop notification. I have ran them this way for 7 years and not one issue.

 

[rdale]

Again, you are wrong.

Click Virginia on the link above and you will see,city SAME codes.

This is getting funny.

 

[MesquiteWx]

Again, you are wrong.

Click Virginia on the link above and you will see,city SAME codes.

This is getting funny.

Then please tell me how I am wrong? Please show me some facts. You have absolutely NO CLUE what you are talking about. I think you are looking at the NWS Transmitter site which shows what city the transmitter is in. SAME codes are COUNTY CODES.

I have shown you proof after proof and all the facts you needed straight from the NWS and you still have no idea what you're talking about.

You have no clue what or how a SAME code works. Please stop.

 

[rdale]

No clue? I write software that uses FIPS codes for weather dissemination. I'm a meteorologist. I'm a scanner tester.

Go click the link YOU posted and select Virginia.

Alexandria (city)051510Manassas162.550KHB361000

That means the SAME code for the CITY of Alexandria is 051510. Alexandria is a CITY and not a COUNTY. The transmitter is in Manassas.

 

[MesquiteWx]

No clue? I write software that uses FIPS codes for weather dissemination.

Really? So do I and numerous other weather scripts and supply data for several weather software applications.

Go click the link YOU posted and select Virginia.

Alexandria (city)051510Manassas162.550KHB361000

That means the SAME code for the CITY of Alexandria is 051510. Alexandria is a CITY and not a COUNTY. The transmitter is in Manassas.

Hey boy genius. You know why that is the exception to the rule? Because that city is unincorporated. Which means it is not part of a county seat.

Show me a corporated city with its own SAME code??? You won't find it!

You also previously stated "But very few cities have their own code." You said that, you have no clue what you're even arguing. All your statements are contradicting. SAME codes cover COUNTIES with the exception of that one because it is unincorporated.

OP is looking for county not city which SAME covers counties. Which is what I stated the FIRST time. Jeez... But yet in another post you are arguing that doesn't even exists. Check your facts before you post and start telling people that are wrong.

 

[rdale]

Really? So do I and numerous other weather scripts and supply data for several weather software applications.

Which might explain why you are confusing XML and other issues here. That's not the same.

Hey boy genius

What?

You know why that is the exception to the rule?

Because you changed the 'rule'? Nobody ever mentioned "corporated" which isn't even a word. You said no city had a SAME code. I said there are.

The Virginia link has a LOT of cities with their own SAME codes.

 

[MesquiteWx]

Which might explain why you are confusing XML and other issues here. That's not the same.

I was using an example as you pointed out "I write software that uses FIPS codes for weather dissemination." Where do you think that information comes from? XML files genuis! You're the one confusing things and twisted it around.

The Virginia link has a LOT of cities with their own SAME codes.

That's unincorporated maybe? Does everyone living in Virgina? Alexandria is not a part of a county seat which is why it has it's own SAME code.

Majority of people live in cities within county seats.

The point is Counties use SAME codes. The exception to the rule is unincorporated cities. Regardless. You're still using a SAME code which in another post you said doesn't exist.

I have given you black and white proof of all this.

 

[rdale]

I was using an example as you pointed out "I write software that uses FIPS codes for weather dissemination." Where do you think that information comes from? XML files genuis! You're the one confusing things and twisted it around.

Uhh, since I wrote the software, and I don't use XML files, I'm going to have to say you don't know what you're talking about. Again.

And you spelled "genius" wrong.

The point is Counties use SAME codes. The exception to the rule is unincorporated cities.

It's not an "exception". The point is that you said cities don't use SAME codes. I've repeatedly shown you how that was wrong. And now you have seen the evidence, and say that because only a few dozen cities have their own codes, that you were still right.

You're wrong.

You're still using a SAME code which in another post you said doesn't exist.

Uhh, show me the quote where I said "SAME codes do not exist."

 

[bamx2]

Majority of people live in cities within county seats.

A County Seat is a city/town. You can't have a city/town as a subset of another city/town.

I think you meant just County. With out seat attached.

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[rdale]

This is classic.

SAME codes ONLY cover counties.

SAME codes are only county based.

I think you are looking at the NWS Transmitter site which shows what city the transmitter is in. SAME codes are COUNTY CODES

 

[WayneH]

This is classic.

Rob, MesquiteWx, the two of you are doing this in two different threads. I don't have the time to read up on weather alerting so one of you needs to agree to disagree and move along.

 

[MesquiteWx]

This is classic.

Can you show me one city that part of a county with it's own SAME code? No? Because it doesn't exist! That's my point!

Alexandria is an exception because it's NOT incorporated within a COUNTY.