Understanding NOAA Weather Radios and Transmitters
NOAA Weather Radios (NWR) sound by counties and not specific geolocations, so it is necessary to know which county you live in. After you understand which county you live in, you then need to find which NOAA Weather Radio transmitters your radio can hear. On some radios, it will automatically find the strongest signal and tune to it for you. If you need assistance figuring out which county you live in, click the button below NOAA Weather Radio transmitters operate on the following frequencies: 162.400, 162.425, 162.450, 162.475, 162.500, 162.525, and 162.550. Proceed to the next section to see the specific counties the Alabama NOAA Weather Radio Transmitter covers. From there, you can find the SAME/FIPS code that can be programmed into your radio so it only sounds for specific counties.
NOAA Weather Radio Transmitters
Listen below is every NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) transmitter in the state of Alabama in a west-to-east fashion. The primary image shows where the transmitter is located the Counties it covers – this image is provided by the National Weather Service (NWS). The SAME/FIPS codes are required to program a weather radio for specific counties.
KIH-57 Florence, Alabama serves the Alabama counties of Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, and Marion, and the Mississippi county of Itawamba, KIH-57 operates on a frequency of 162.475 MHz.
State
County
SAME/FIPS CODE
AL
Colbert
001033
AL
Franklin
001059
AL
Lauderdale
001077
AL
Lawrence
001079
AL
Marion
001093
MS
Itawamba
028057
KIH-20 in Huntsville, Alabama services the Alabama counties of Cullman, Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan, and the Tennessee counties of Lincoln and Giles. KIH-20 operates on a frequency of 162.400 MHz.
State
County
SAME/FIPS CODE
AL
Cullman
001043
AL
Jackson
001071
AL
Lawrence
001079
AL
Limestone
001083
AL
Madison
001089
AL
Marshall
001095
AL
Morgan
001103
TN
Giles
047055
TN
Lincoln
047103
WWF-66 in Cullman, Alabama services the Alabama counties of Cullman, Winston, and Walker. WWF-66 operates on a frequency of 162.450 MHz.
State
County
SAME/FIPS CODE
AL
Cullman
001043
AL
Walker
001027
AL
Winston
001095
WNG-642 in Arab, Alabama services the Alabama counties of Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, and Blount. WNG-642 operates on a frequency of 162.525 MHz.
State
County
SAME/FIPS CODE
AL
Cullman
001043
AL
DeKalb
001049
AL
Jackson
001071
AL
Madison
001089
AL
Marshall
001095
AL
Morgan
001103
AL
Blount
001009
WNG-554 in Winchester, TN services the Tennessee counties of Bedford, Coffee, Grundy, Lincoln, Moore, and Franklin, and the Alabama counties of Madison, and Jackson. WNG-554 operates on a frequency of 162.525 MHz.
State
County
SAME/FIPS CODE
TN
Bedford
047003
TN
Coffee
047031
TN
Franklin
047051
TN
Grundy
047061
TN
Lincoln
047103
TN
Moore
047127
AL
Jackson
001071
AL
Madison
001089
WWF-44 in Ft. Payne/Henagar, AL services the Alabama counties of Cherokee, DeKalb, Jackson, and Marshall. WWF-44 operates on a frequency of 162.500 MHz
State
County
SAME/FIPS CODE
AL
Cherokee
001019
AL
DeKalb
001049
AL
Jackson
001071
AL
Marshall
001095
Station WWF-53 in Winfield, AL operates on a frequency of 162.525 Mhz and services the Alabama counties of Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Walker, and Winston, and the Mississippi counties of Itawamba, Lowndes, and Monroe
State
County
SAME/FIPS CODE
AL
Fayette
001057
AL
Lamar
001075
AL
Marion
001093
AL
Pickens
001107
AL
Walker
001127
AL
Winston
001133
MS
Itawamba
028057
MS
Lowndes
028087
MS
Monroe
028095
Station WNG-606 in Oneonta, AL operates on a frequency of 162.425 MHz and services the Alabama counties of Blount, Cullman, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair & Walker
State
County
SAME/FIPS CODE
AL
Blount
001009
AL
Cullman
001043
AL
Etowah
001055
AL
Jefferson
001073
AL
St. Clair
001115
AL
Walker
001127
Station KIH-54 in Birmingham, Alabama operates on a frequency of 162.550 MHz and services the Alabama counties of Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Coosa, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Tuscaloosa and Walker
State
County
SAME/FIPS CODE
AL
Bibb
001007
AL
Blount
001009
AL
Chilton
001021
AL
Coosa
001037
AL
Jefferson
001073
AL
Shelby
001117
AL
St. Clair
001115
AL
Tuscaloosa
001125
AL
Walker
001127
KIH-58 in Anniston, Alabama operates on a frequency of 162.475 MHz and services the Alabama counties of Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Etowah, Jefferson, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega and Tallapoosa, and Carrol county Georgia.