SAME Codes for Western South Dakota & Northeastern Wyoming
Programmable weather radio receivers allow you to set the county or counties for which you want to receive warnings and block out alerts for storms that won’t affect you. The feature is called SAME, for Specific Area Message Encoding. When programming your SAME weather radio receiver, you may want to add a neighboring county if you live near the county line. For example, Belle Fourche residents may want to receive warnings for Crook County (Sundance). This will only work if the adjacent county is included on the same NOAA Weather Radio transmitter (so residents of Sturgis cannot receive warnings for Lawrence County (Deadwood) on the Rapid City transmitter).Use the following codes for the counties in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming served by NOAA Weather Radio:
South Dakota
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Bennett County SD: 046007 |
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Butte County SD: 046019 |
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Custer County SD: 046033 |
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Fall River County SD: 046047 |
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Haakon County SD: 046055 |
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Harding County SD: 046063 |
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Jackson County SD: 046071 |
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Lawrence County SD: 046081 |
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Western Meade County SD (WEST of Highway 79 and Ellsworth AFB), including Sturgis, Tilford, Piedmont, Black Hawk, Ellsworth AFB, Bear Butte State Park, Ft. Meade, and Interstate 90: 446093 |
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Southern Meade County SD (EAST of Highway 79 and Ellsworth AFB and SOUTH of Highway 34), including Union Center, Enning, White Owl, Plainview, Howes Corner, Hereford, Elm Springs: 846093 |
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Northern Meade County SD (NORTH of Highway 34), including Faith, Mud Butte, Stoneville, and Red Owl: 246093 |
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Mellette County SD: 046095 |
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Western Pennington County SD (WEST of Hisega, Rockerville, and Hayward), including Hill City, Keystone, Mt. Rushmore, Deerfield, Rochford, Johnson Siding, Pactola Reservoir, Sheridan Lake, Deerfield Reservoir, and Highway 385: 446103 |
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Rapid City Area SD (CENTRAL Pennington County), including Black Hawk, Box Elder, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid Valley, Rapid City Regional Airport, and Highway 79: 546103 |
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Eastern Pennington County SD (EAST of Box Elder and Caputa), including New Underwood, Wasta, Wall, Quinn, Creighton, western Badlands National Park, Farmingdale, Scenic, Interstate 90, and Highway 44: 646103 |
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Perkins County SD: 046105 |
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Shannon County SD: 046113 |
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Todd County SD: 046121 |
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Tripp County SD: 046123 |
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Ziebach County SD: 046137 |
Wyoming
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Campbell County WY (use only with the Sheridan station): 056005 |
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Crook County WY: 056011 |
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Weston County WY: 056045 |
Use the following codes with the GILLETTE station: |
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Northern Campbell County WY (NORTH of Taylor, Cow Creek, & Spring Creek Roads), including Weston, Recluse, and Spotted Horse: 256005 |
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Central Campbell County WY, including Gillette, Rozet, Gillette-Campbell Co Airport, and Interstate-90: 556005 |
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Southern Campbell County WY (SOUTH of 4-J School and Highway 59/Belle Fourche River) including Wright and Pine Tree Junction: 856005 |
A list of SAME codes for the entire United States is available on the National Weather Service Headquarters’ NOAA Weather Radio Internet site or by calling 1-888-697-7263.
To find out if NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts are available at your home, office, or travel destination, contact your local National Weather Service office for a brochure listing locations and frequencies of stations nationwide or visit the NOAA Weather Radio homepage.
