RadioShack® 7-Channel Weatheradio® Model 12-250 Event Codes

The following table documents the various EAS event codes supported by the RadioShack® 7-Channel Weatheradio® with NWR-SAME model 12-250 and how they are displayed on its LCD and LED displays. For information on the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Specific Area Message Encoder (SAME), see the FCC 47 CFR Part 11 (EAS) Rules information on the FCC's EAS website. For information on the EAS event codes supported by the older model 12-249, please click here.

EAS ACTIVATION NAME	EVENT CODE	LCD DISPLAY	LED	ALARM SOUND
Practice/Demo Warning	DMO	DEMO MESSAGE	None	None
Required Monthly Test	RMT	MONTHLY TEST	None	BEEPS
Required Weekly Test	RWT	WEEKLY TEST	None	BEEPS
National Periodic Test	NPT	NATIONAL PERIODIC TEST	GREEN	BEEPS
Tornado Watch	TOA	TORNADO WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
Tornado Warning	TOR ^1	TORNADO WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Tornado Warning	TOW ^1	TORNADO WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SVA	SEVERE THUNDER WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SVR ^2	SEVERE THUNDER WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SVW ^2	SEVERE THUNDER WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Severe Weather Statement	SVS	SEVERE WEATHER	GREEN	BEEPS
Special Weather Statement	SPS	SPECIAL WEATHER	GREEN	BEEPS
Flash Flood Watch	FFA	FLASH FLOOD WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
Flash Flood Warning	FFW	FLASH FLOOD WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Flash Flood Statement	FFS	FLASH FLOOD	GREEN	BEEPS
Flood Watch	FLA	FLOOD WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
Flood Warning	FLW	FLOOD WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Flood Statement	FLS	FLOOD	GREEN	BEEPS
Coastal Flood Watch	CFA	COASTAL FLOOD WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
Coastal Flood Warning	CFW	COASTAL FLOOD WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Winter Storm Watch	WSA	WINTER STORM WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
Winter Storm Warning	WSW	WINTER STORM WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Blizzard Warning	BZW	BLIZZARD WARNING	RED	WARBLE
High Wind Watch	HWA	HIGHWIND WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
High Wind Warning	HWW	HIGHWIND WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Hurricane Watch	HUA	HURRICAN WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
Hurricane Warning	HUW	HURRICAN WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Hurricane Statement	HLS	HURRICAN	GREEN	BEEPS
Tsunami Watch	TSA	TSUNAMI WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
Tsunami Warning	TSW	TSUNAMI WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Special Marine Warning	SMW	SEVERE MARINE WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Emergency Action Notification	EAN	EMERGENC ACTION WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Emergency Action Termination	EAT	EMERGENC ACTION TERMINAT	RED	BEEPS
Civil Emergency Message	CEM	TUNE TV	RED	WARBLE
Evacuation Immediate	EVI	EVACUATE IMMEDIAT	RED	WARBLE
Immediate Evacuation Warning	IEW ^3	IMMEDIAT EVACUATE WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Law Enforcement Warning	LEW	LAW ENFORCE WARNING	RED	WARBLE
National Information Center	NIC	NATIONAL INFO CENTER	RED	WARBLE
Avalanche Watch	AVA	AVALANCHE WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
Avalanche Warning	AVW	AVALANCHE WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Volcano Watch	VOA ^3	VOLCANO WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
Volcano Warning	VOW	VOLCANO WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Shelter In Place Warning	SPW	SHELTER IN-PLACE WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Civil Danger Watch	CDA ^3	CIVIL DANGER WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
Civil Danger Warning	CDW	CIVIL DANGER WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Radiological Hazard Watch	RHA ^3	RADIOLOG HAZARD WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
Radiological Hazard Warning	RHW	RADIOLOG HAZARD WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Hazardous Materials Watch	HMA ^3	HAZARD MATERIAL WATCH	YELLOW	WARBLE
Hazardous Materials Warning	HMW	HAZARD MATERIAL WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Fire Warning	FRW	FIRE WARNING	RED	WARBLE
Local Area Emergency	LAE	LOCAL AREA EMERGENC	RED	WARBLE
Unrecognized code ending in S	**S ^4	UNKNOWN STATEMENT TUNE TV	GREEN	WARBLE
Unrecognized code ending in W	**W ^4	UNKNOWN WARNING TUNE TV	RED	WARBLE
Unrecognized code ending in A	**A ^4	UNKNOWN WATCH TUNE TV	YELLOW	WARBLE
Unrecognized code ending in E	**E ^4	UNKNOWN EMERGENC TUNE TV	RED	WARBLE
None	None	CHECK OP ^5	None	None
?	?	TEST MESSAGE ^6	None	None

¹ For a "Tornado Warning", the radio will respond to either the "TOR" or "TOW" event codes. "TOW" was a National Weather Service proposal to replace the "TOR" event code.

² For a "Severe Thunderstorm Warning", the radio will respond to either the "SVR" or "SVW" event codes. "SVW" was a National Weather Service proposal to replace the "SVR" event code.

³ These codes are not currently defined in the EAS rules (FCC 47 CFR Part 11) and were not included in the EAS changes being implemented by the National Weather Service effective June 30, 2004. They were defined in the National Weather Service's Detailed SAME System Specification which is no longer available. This specification provided information on proposed event code changes to the EAS rules, some which were rejected.

⁴ The asterisks indicate that any characters can prefix the specified character. If the radio does not recognize the event code, it will examine the last character to determine the alert level.

⁵ The event "CHECK OP" is displayed when the radio has not received a SAME transmission in seven days of continuous operation. Turning the radio off and back on again will clear this message. If this message consistently reappears, the radio should be checked out. While it is possible that the National Weather Service in your area has not been transmitting the required weekly test, more than likely there is a reception problem, incorrect FIPS codes for your area have been programmed into the radio or there an internal problem with the radio's SAME decoder.

⁶ The message "TEST MESSAGE" does not translate to any of the currently defined or proposed EAS event codes.

Unsupported Event Codes
The following event codes were implemented by the National Weather Service effective June 30, 2004. They are not supported by the 12-250 but will be displayed as either "UNKNOWN WARNING TUNE TV", "UNKNOWN WATCH TUNE TV" or "UNKNOWN EMERGENC TUNE TV".

EAS ACTIVATION NAME	EVENT CODE
Child Abduction Emergency	CAE
Dust Storm Warning	DSW
Earthquake Warning	EQW
Network Message Notification	NMN
Nuclear Power Plant Warning	NUW
911 Telephone Outage Emergency	TOE
Tropical Storm Warning	TRW
Tropical Storm Watch	TRA

Compiled by Robert G. Schaffrath, N2JTX

Last modified June 23, 2004