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Understanding Digital Weather Alert
The weather service precedes each weather alert with a digitally-
encoded SAME (Specic Area Message Encoding) signal, then
a 1050 Hz tone. When your local weather station broadcasts
a weather alert signal, the CB radio sounds an alert tone and
displays a message showing the alert level.
SAME Event Code Alert Tone Message
A (Watch)
Watch alert
10 seconds
WCH (Watch)
W (Warning)
TOR (Tornado)
SVR (Severe)
Warning alert
10 seconds
WRN (Warning)
S (Statement)
RWT (Test)
Statement alert
10 seconds
ADV (Advisory)
Notes:
• The CB radio does not display the actual location referenced
by SAME messages. It uses only the message portion of the
SAME signal.
• If severe weather threatens, do not wait for an alert tone;
tune to the weather broadcast and monitor the weather
information.
• If a weather signal ends, the CB radio beeps three times
(when the key tone is turned on) and only when the weather
signal ends the rst time, then WX ashes to indicate there is
no signal.
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