RadioShack® 7-Channel Weatheradio® Model 12-250 Event Codes
 
Weatheradio® 12-250 Picture
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 SPECIAL 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. The National Weather Service has stated that TOR will remain the event code for Tornado Warning.

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. The National Weather Service has stated that SVR will remain the event code for Severe Thunderstorm Warning.

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 (2004)
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
 
Unsupported Event Codes (2016)
The following event codes were implemented by the National Weather Service effective July 6, 2016. 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".
 
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Unswpported Event Ckdes (2017)
Blue Alert (BLU) was added to the list of valid EAS event codes on December 14, 2017.
 
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EAS ACTIVATION NAME EVENT
CODE
LCD DISPLAY LED ALARM
SOUND
Blue Alert BLU TUNE TV YELLOW BEEPS