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Scattered strong-severe thunderstorms may produce hail and damaging winds from portions of the lower Ohio Valley into the Deep South this afternoon. Areas of mixed rain and wet snow showers will impact the the Great Lakes to interior New England. Heavy rain will spread into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Friday. <a href="http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd" target="_blank">Read More ></a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full-width-border"> <div class="partial-width-borderbottom">  <div class="div-full"> <div class="div-full breadcrumb"> <div class="sitename"> <p class="sitename-name">NOAA Weather Radio</p> <p class="sitename-class">National Program</p> </div> <div class="location"> <h1 class='location-pagetitle'>NWR SAME </h1> <div class='location-breadcrumb'> <a href="https://www.weather.gov">Weather.gov</a> > <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr">NOAA Weather Radio</a> > NWR SAME </div> </div> </div> <div class="div-full"> <div class="subMenuNav"> <ul id="subMenuNav"> <li> <div class="subMenuNavList section-link"> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/">Home</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="subMenuNavList section-link"> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/outages">Outages</a> </div> <div class="sub"> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/nwr_outage_report"> Report Outages</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/outages"> View Outages</a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="subMenuNavList section-link"> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/faq">FAQ</a> </div> </li> <li> <div class="subMenuNavList section-link"> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/Maps">Coverage</a> </div> <div class="sub"> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/station_listing"> Station Listing</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/counties"> County Listing</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/station_search"> Station Search</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/Maps"> Coverage Maps</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/wfo_nwr"> Weather Forecast Offices</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.weather.gov/nwr/tsunami_alerting"> Tsunami Alerting</a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="subMenuNavList section-link"> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/aboutnwr ">About</a> </div> <div class="sub"> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/aboutnwr "> General Info</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/allhazards_logo_info"> All Hazards Logo</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/nwr_receivers"> Receiver Information</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/reception"> Reception Problems</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/automatevoice"> New Voice</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/documents"> Documents</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://forecast.weather.gov/product_sites.php?site=NWS&product=PNS"> Public Information Statements</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/special_needs "> Special Needs</a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="subMenuNavList section-link"> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/nwr_alerts">Alert Information</a> </div> <div class="sub"> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/nwr_alerts"> NWR Alerts</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/nwr_warning"> NWR Alarms</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/eas_description"> Emergency Alert System</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/nwrsame"> SAME</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/allhazard"> Emergency on All Hazards</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sameenz"> SAME Non-Zero Codes</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.weather.gov/pca/"> Partial County Alerting</a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="div-full"> <div class="cms-content"><style type="text/css">#divContainer { display: flex; 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Counties without NWR coverage or partial NWR coverage are indicated. Some counties or parts of counties, especially in mountainous areas, may not have reliable reception due to signal blockages or excessive distance from the transmitter.</span></span><br />  </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="clear:both"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="partial-width-borderbottom feature-block">  </div> <div class="full-width-first"> <div class="full-width-first communication-links"> <div class ="one-half-last nopad"> <span class="txt-rt myforecast-current"> <div class="myforecast-current"> <a href="/rss_page.php?site_name=nwr" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;font-size:11px;"> <img src="/bundles/templating/images/social/rss.png" width="16" height="16" alt="NWR RSS Feed" />  NWR RSS Feed </a> </div> </span> </div> </div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> </div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div>  <div class="footer"> </div>  <div class="footer-legal"> <div class="footer-legal"> <div class="footer-legal-content"> <div class="one-sixth-first" id="footer_legal_gov"> <a href="http://www.usa.gov"><img src="/bundles/templating/images/footer/usa_gov.png" alt="usa.gov" width="110" height="30" /></a> </div> <div class="one-half-first" id="footer_legal_info"> <p> <a href="http://www.commerce.gov">US Dept of Commerce</a><br /> <a href="http://www.noaa.gov">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a><br /> <a href="https://www.weather.gov">National Weather Service</a><br /> NOAA Weather Radio<br /> 1325 East West Highway<br /> Silver Spring, MD 20910 <br /><br /> <br /><a href="mailto:dst.webmasters@noaa.gov">Comments? 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