5 Central
6 East Central
7 Southwest
8 South Central
9 Southeast
● Very few counties are large enough to use the section code; most counties just
code all hazards as 0 for the entire county.
● If you use 0 for the section code, you will receive all alerts for that county
regardless of the transmitted section code (because the entire county includes all
sections of the county).
● If you use any other section code, you will only receive alerts for that section and
entire county alerts. For example, if you program the section code as 5 (Central),
you will receive alerts transmitted with section code 0 and section code 5. You
will not receive alerts that are transmitted with section codes 1 through 4 or 6
through 9.
For a complete index of the FIPS codes used in SAME broadcasts, see the United States
and Territories Table at the National Weather Radio website, or call 1-888-NWR-
SAME (1-888-697-7263) for a voice menu.
This page applies to the following scanner(s): BCD996XT BCT15X BCD396XT
BC346XT Users Guide
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