As another poster said, I don't believe that the transmissions a weatherband receiver receives are available in the UK or on the Continent. It's a NOAA ([US] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, pronounced like Noah) service called NOAA Weather Radio, or NWR. It's described at the NWR web site and in their FAQ, if you want to investigate if something similar is available in your area. If you don't feel like reading about it, it's basically a nationwide low quality FM radio station broadcasting on several frequencies. It features a continuous reading of NOAA weather reports by an automated voice. There's also supposedly a feature that allows automatic tuning to the station when a settable code is detected, meaning that an important message about the area which the code describes is being announced. (I have no experience with that feature, though.)
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