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I have an older Midland weather radio. Keep it in the bedroom for unforseen verbal night announcements mainly for tornado warnings. One of the first things I did when moving here was to reprogram the alerts I wanted (disable or enable each on the Midland). FL weather is different than northern weather. I do not want to be woken up repeatedly for watches. I tried that and got too many sleep interruptions. Hurricane watches and warnings take days to develop, so you have time to prepare. However, tornado warnings at night are unseen. Know your plan before you get an alert - what would you do? Stay in bed or go to the interior of your home? A nighttime tornado damaged hundreds of homes in TV in 2007. This week I decided to double check my tornado warning alert to make sure it was still "enabled," and it was gone from the alphabetical event list! Shocked, I Googled it, and it's been changed so it is not an option- warnings are required, which is how it should be. My Midland had it when we moved here, so I have no idea why it is no longer an option on mine - it's not like there was a software update. Also, there are unique S A.M.E. or FIPS codes for Lake, Marion, and Sumter counties, but they are on the same frequency. Lastly, make sure any weather radio you buy also has battery backup, and change these batteries annually.