Weather Alerts Sumter County (Wx Radio)
 

I have a Sangean CL-100 weather alert radio. It's only a few weeks old, has lots of neat features which I HOPE are working. I'm concerned because yesterday I never received a hurricane warning for Sumter County (I had it set for Sumter alerts only).

I did receive a flood warning, but wasn't home so didn't hear what happened it's simply noted in history function. I also see in history function that an "Unrecognized Message" was also received while I was out. There was no Hurricane Warning message noted in the history. I'm a little concerned as I really don't know if it is working and I got it primarily for tornado warnings.

Did anyone receive a Hurricane Warning alert via their weather radio yesterday? I monitor channel 5 which is 162.500.
I have since turned off my Sumter County S.A.M.E. coding so it should alarm for all warnings that are broadcasted. I have received no warning alerts today.
Any comments???

go to channel 6, thats what the weather station in my car goes to and set my weather station on my weather alert radio to channel 6

A tornado warning aired this morning along with a tornado watch. Both set my WX radio off. The tornado warning was far south Sumter County.

i have all of the 3 counties that affect the villages programmed into our radio--its a cheap Midland--got it because its very user friendly and lots of info available on youthbe

Thanks everyone. I got the Tornado warning so all is well. I too can get warnings for all three counties, but I prefer sleeping and only wake for an alert that really impacts me! Channel 6??? What frequency is that and where is the transmitter located? I monitor #5 (162.500) because that is located in Sumterville and is closest to The Villages.

Again, thank you for your comments.

I believe Channel 6 is 162.525 MHz and the closest location is Ocala.