Posted: 5/6/2012 6:00:24 PM EDT
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So my pops got a weather radio and it seems I need some (or a) NOAA SAME codes... I looked here http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/CntyCov/nwrMO.htm But I don't see anything for RiverView or anywhere close.... Anyone know what I should use to be accurate??? |
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Quoted: Depends on which Riverview you are asking about. St Louis City/County, or Morgan County? Riverview, MO (St. Louis City) #029510 (St. Louis County) #029189 Riverview, MO (Morgan County) #029141 The Riverview that I live in, is The Village of Riverview in N. St. Louis County. 63137 |
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Quoted: Quoted: Where are you gettin those from?Depends on which Riverview you are asking about. St Louis City/County, or Morgan County? Riverview, MO (St. Louis City) #029510 (St. Louis County) #029189 The Riverview that I live in, is The Village of Riverview in N. St. Louis County. 63137 From the same link you posted above. The SAME # for St. Louis county covers all of St. Louis county, and the city # covers all of the city. There are no codes for individual villages/townships etc. But because you are just North of the City I would program in BOTH codes just to be on the safe side. A warning issued for the city could possibly give you advanced notice of a storm advancing from the South. COUNTY/ CITY/AREA SAME# NWR TRANSMITTER FREQ. CALL SIGN WATTS REMARKS Shelby 029205 Hannibal 162.475 WXK82 1000 Shelby 029205 La Plata 162.525 WXM39 330 St. Charles 029183 Bellflower 162.450 WNG728 1000 NOT EXTREME SOUTH EAST St. Charles 029183 St. Louis 162.550 KDO89 1000 St. Clair 029185 Clinton 162.500 KZZ39 1000 St. Clair 029185 El Dorado Springs 162.475 KZZ30 1000 St. Francois 029187 Fredericktown 162.500 WWG49 1000 St. Louis 029189 St. Louis 162.550 KDO89 1000 St. Louis (city) 029510 St. Louis 162.550 KDO89 1000 Ste. Genevieve 029186 Fredericktown 162.500 WWG49 1000 Stoddard 029207 Bloomfield 162.400 WXL47 1000 Stone 029209 Branson 162.550 KZZ43 1000 |
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Quoted: I was lookin at the FREQ columb, I figured out where you were getting the 6 digit ode as soon as I posted that...Quoted: Quoted: Where are you gettin those from?Depends on which Riverview you are asking about. St Louis City/County, or Morgan County? Riverview, MO (St. Louis City) #029510 (St. Louis County) #029189 The Riverview that I live in, is The Village of Riverview in N. St. Louis County. 63137 From the same link you posted above. The SAME # for St. Louis county covers all of St. Louis county, and the city # covers all of the city. There are no codes for individual villages/townships etc. But because you are just North of the City I would program in BOTH codes just to be on the safe side. A warning issued for the city could possibly give you advanced notice of a storm advancing from the South. COUNTY/ CITY/AREA SAME# NWR TRANSMITTER FREQ. CALL SIGN WATTS REMARKS Shelby 029205 Hannibal 162.475 WXK82 1000 Shelby 029205 La Plata 162.525 WXM39 330 St. Charles 029183 Bellflower 162.450 WNG728 1000 NOT EXTREME SOUTH EAST St. Charles 029183 St. Louis 162.550 KDO89 1000 St. Clair 029185 Clinton 162.500 KZZ39 1000 St. Clair 029185 El Dorado Springs 162.475 KZZ30 1000 St. Francois 029187 Fredericktown 162.500 WWG49 1000 St. Louis 029189 St. Louis 162.550 KDO89 1000 St. Louis (city) 029510 St. Louis 162.550 KDO89 1000 Ste. Genevieve 029186 Fredericktown 162.500 WWG49 1000 Stoddard 029207 Bloomfield 162.400 WXL47 1000 Stone 029209 Branson 162.550 KZZ43 1000 I added them... I think this thing is busted.. I can't get it to make a sound, I turned the buttons on "Beep", no sounds... |
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Make sure you lock out all the non-life-threatening alerts. It really sucks to get woken up four or five times in a night for a thunderstorm WATCH.
BTW, these things are the loudest damn thing you will ever hear. When they go off in the middle of the night, you have to peel yourself off the ceiling. |
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Make sure you lock out all the non-life-threatening alerts. It really sucks to get woken up four or five times in a night for a thunderstorm WATCH. BTW, these things are the loudest damn thing you will ever hear. When they go off in the middle of the night, you have to peel yourself off the ceiling. This! I remember my grandparents having one of the "freebies" that the Electric Co-Op gave out... Couldn't lock out the non-life-threatening warnings. That thing would go off 20 times a night when there were Thunderstorms in the area... 99.9% of the time it'd be for something "non-life-threatening" if you were indoors and sheltered. Finally got to the point they just unplugged it and let it sit. Obviously doing ZERO good at that point... But it was better than listening to that thing howl all night for lightning warnings or something! |
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Yea I think this is a Cheap Midland jobby someone gave my dad for his birthday and he wanted me to set it up for him and give it back.... I don't think you can turn off the Non-threat alerts, atleast not according to the manual.. I figured I plug it in, get it programed for his area (same as mine) and let'em go with it... |
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The good S.A.M.E. technology radios are pretty cool. And I do think they're a good idea. Based on what we saw in Joplin and other places, they won't give you MUCH warning, but usually enough to save your life.
BTW, somebody mentioned the electric co-ops giving them away: I worked for the electric co-ops when all that was going on. This was right after a tornado hit a church in Alabama and killed a bunch of people. There was no weather radio coverage in their area. Al Gore got on TV and said we need to expand weather radio coverage. My boss looked at weather radio map of MIssouri and decided to do something. He got co-ops in uncovered areas to donate space on their radio towers. When that wasn't enough to get NOAA interested, he raised the money to buy transmitters and pay for installation. Now, there are virtually no areas in rural Missouri that don't get weather radio signals. |
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Quoted: My radio alarm usually goes off a full 2-3 minutes BEFORE the sirens sound off outside. Enough time for us to get in the basement before even hearing the sirens.The good S.A.M.E. technology radios are pretty cool. And I do think they're a good idea. Based on what we saw in Joplin and other places, they won't give you MUCH warning, but usually enough to save your life. That alone makes these radios worth their weight in gold AFAIC. And yes, we can hear that sucker go off anywhere in the house. The radio is in our upstairs bedroom. |
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Quoted: Quoted: My radio alarm usually goes off a full 2-3 minutes BEFORE the sirens sound off outside. Enough time for us to get in the basement before even hearing the sirens.The good S.A.M.E. technology radios are pretty cool. And I do think they're a good idea. Based on what we saw in Joplin and other places, they won't give you MUCH warning, but usually enough to save your life. That alone makes these radios worth their weight in gold AFAIC. And yes, we can hear that sucker go off anywhere in the house. The radio is in our upstairs bedroom. What do these things run, you mighta talked me into one for the house. |
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My radio alarm usually goes off a full 2-3 minutes BEFORE the sirens sound off outside. Enough time for us to get in the basement before even hearing the sirens.
The good S.A.M.E. technology radios are pretty cool. And I do think they're a good idea. Based on what we saw in Joplin and other places, they won't give you MUCH warning, but usually enough to save your life. That alone makes these radios worth their weight in gold AFAIC. And yes, we can hear that sucker go off anywhere in the house. The radio is in our upstairs bedroom. What do these things run, you mighta talked me into one for the house. $50 will buy you just about the nicest SAME weather radio/clock radio on the market. You can spend less for fewer features. You definitely want S.A.M.E. and, specifically, one that lets you chose a coverage area lock out different types of alerts. This is the one I just got for my store (I was feeling pretty vulnerable, sitting up on a hill, with no TV, cable or satellite in the store): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009V2YV/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00 ETA: Again, I can't stress enough that you want one that allows you to add or delete alerts. WHen the weather man says it's going to snow, you don't need to be woke up six times overnight because NOAA is updating its winter storm warning. It's not like you can do anything about a snow emergency . . . not like heading to the basement for a tornado anyway. |
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Quoted: This is the one I just got for my store (I was feeling pretty vulnerable, sitting up on a hill, with no TV, cable or satellite in the store): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00009V2YV/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00 ETA: Again, I can't stress enough that you want one that allows you to add or delete alerts. WHen the weather man says it's going to snow, you don't need to be woke up six times overnight because NOAA is updating its winter storm warning. It's not like you can do anything about a snow emergency . . . not like heading to the basement for a tornado anyway. That is the very same radio I have. And I agree.... I have all of the audible alarm functions turned off EXCEPT for tornado warnings. There are separate LED warning lights on the radio that will light up during weather advisories and watches to alert you to those conditions without the warning bells screeching away. I don't need to be awakened for thunderstorm warnings. The thunder normally does that.  But when a tornado warning is issued in the middle of the night, I want that sucker to make my eardrums bleed!  |