NOAA Weather Radio NOAA
Weather Radio broadcasts National Weather Service
warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information
24 hours a day. Weather radios equipped with a special
alarm tone feature can sound an alert and give you
immediate information about a life-threatening situation.
Radios equipped with the new digital technology, called
SAME (Specific
Area Message Encoding) alert the listener only
of weather and other emergencies for the county(s) they
programmed into the radio. These radios can be programmed
to receive life-saving messages broadcast on NOAA Weather
Radio targeted to Hidalgo County.