Obtaining Your Area's Fips Code(S) - Radio Shack 12-250 Owner's Manual

about weather occurring only in particular counties
within that area, you can program up to 15 FIPS
codes into the Weatheradio's memory. For example,
this lets you avoid hearing an alert that applies to an
area within a 50-mile radius but not necessarily to
your county or parish.

Obtaining Your Area's FIPS Code(s)

To obtain the FIPS code for the location where you in-
stalled your Weatheradio, contact your local Ra-
dioShack store or call the NWS toll free at 1-888-
NWR-SAME (1-888-697-7263). If you call the NWS,
follow the instructions you hear.
Note: If you are close to a county or parish line, you
might want to obtain the codes for the nearby coun-
ties or parishes.
Hint: Since you can program up to 15 FIPS codes
into the Weatheradio's memory, you might want to
obtain the codes for other local areas that you fre-
quently travel through (as long as those areas are
within a 50 mile radius of your location and within an
area covered by your local NWS broadcast station).
That way, you can program those codes into the
Weatheradio and receive broadcasts covering those
locations, too.
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