diff --git a/lis/surfacemodels/land/noahmp.4.0.1/NoahMP401_lsmMod.F90 b/lis/surfacemodels/land/noahmp.4.0.1/NoahMP401_lsmMod.F90
index e1b94f570..cf1078f06 100644
--- a/lis/surfacemodels/land/noahmp.4.0.1/NoahMP401_lsmMod.F90
+++ b/lis/surfacemodels/land/noahmp.4.0.1/NoahMP401_lsmMod.F90
@@ -304,18 +304,18 @@ subroutine NoahMP401_ini()
 
             call LIS_update_timestep(LIS_rc, n, NOAHMP401_struc(n)%ts)
 
-            call LIS_registerAlarm("NoahMP401 model alarm",&
+            write(fnest,'(i3.3)') n
+            call LIS_registerAlarm("NoahMP401 model alarm "//trim(fnest),&
                                    NOAHMP401_struc(n)%ts, &
                                    NOAHMP401_struc(n)%ts)
 
-            call LIS_registerAlarm("NoahMP401 restart alarm", &
+            call LIS_registerAlarm("NoahMP401 restart alarm "//trim(fnest), &
                                    NOAHMP401_struc(n)%ts,&
                                    NOAHMP401_struc(n)%rstInterval)
             
             ! EMK Add alarm to reset tair_agl_min for RHMin.  This should 
             ! match the output interval, since that is used for calculating 
             ! Tair_F_min.            
-            write(fnest,'(i3.3)') n
             call LIS_registerAlarm("NoahMP401 RHMin alarm "//trim(fnest),&
                  NOAHMP401_struc(n)%ts,&
                  LIS_sfmodel_struc(n)%outInterval)
diff --git a/lis/surfacemodels/land/noahmp.4.0.1/NoahMP401_main.F90 b/lis/surfacemodels/land/noahmp.4.0.1/NoahMP401_main.F90
index 87c42073b..73579e51f 100644
--- a/lis/surfacemodels/land/noahmp.4.0.1/NoahMP401_main.F90
+++ b/lis/surfacemodels/land/noahmp.4.0.1/NoahMP401_main.F90
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ subroutine NoahMP401_main(n)
 
     ! check NoahMP401 alarm. If alarm is ring, run model.
 
-    alarmCheck = LIS_isAlarmRinging(LIS_rc, "NoahMP401 model alarm")
+    write(fnest,'(i3.3)') n
+    alarmCheck = LIS_isAlarmRinging(LIS_rc, "NoahMP401 model alarm "//trim(fnest))
 
     if (alarmCheck) Then
         do t = 1, LIS_rc%npatch(n, LIS_rc%lsm_index)
@@ -1433,7 +1434,6 @@ subroutine NoahMP401_main(n)
 
     ! EMK...See if noahmp401_struc(n)%noahmp401(t)%tair_agl_min needs to be 
     ! reset for calculating RHMin.  
-    write(fnest,'(i3.3)') n
     alarmCheck = LIS_isAlarmRinging(LIS_rc, &
          "NoahMP401 RHMin alarm "//trim(fnest))
     if (alarmCheck) then
diff --git a/lis/surfacemodels/land/noahmp.4.0.1/NoahMP401_writerst.F90 b/lis/surfacemodels/land/noahmp.4.0.1/NoahMP401_writerst.F90
index 5e0cd5a59..4b02f64db 100644
--- a/lis/surfacemodels/land/noahmp.4.0.1/NoahMP401_writerst.F90
+++ b/lis/surfacemodels/land/noahmp.4.0.1/NoahMP401_writerst.F90
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ subroutine NoahMP401_writerst(n)
     logical       :: alarmCheck
     integer       :: ftn
     integer       :: status
+    character*3   :: fnest
     
     ! set restart alarm
-    alarmCheck = LIS_isAlarmRinging(LIS_rc, "NoahMP401 restart alarm")
+    write(fnest,'(i3.3)') n
+    alarmCheck = LIS_isAlarmRinging(LIS_rc, "NoahMP401 restart alarm "//trim(fnest))
     
     ! set restart file format (read from LIS configration file_
     wformat = trim(NOAHMP401_struc(n)%rformat)