Where can I purchase a “Our goal is to someday have a NOAA Weather NOAA Weather Radio? Radio in every home, just like a smoke detector, and in all schools, hospitals, and other public Check with stores that sell electronics, or call the Na- tional Weather Service office closest to you. Weather gathering places. NOAA Weather radios come in many sizes and with a variety of Radio gives people the kind of functions and costs. Many of the radios sound a tone information they need to safeguard themselves alarm and/or turn on the audio when severe weather and their home before, during and after a announcements or emergency information are broad- disaster” cast. To make use of the digital SAME coding technol- ogy, more sophisticated weather radio receivers are Director required. Most NOAA Weather Radio receivers are National Weather Service either battery-operated portables or AC-powered desk- top models with battery backup so they can be used in many different situations. Some CB radios, scanners, short-wave and AM/FM radios are capable of receiving NOAA Weather Radio NOAA Weather Radio transmissions. Many communi- ties throughout the United States also make Weather At Home At Play Radio available on cable TV and broadcast television’s secondary audio programming channels. For more information on NOAA Weather Radios: At Work While http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwrrcvr.htm Traveling
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Warnings, watches, and statements that may activate National Weather Service NOAA Weather Radio: the NWR include but are not limited to, the following http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/ products: Weather Hazards: National Weather Service Paducah, KY Website Tornado Warning , Tornado Watch, Severe Thunder- http://weather.gov/pah storm Warning, Severe Thunderstorm Watch, Flood and Flash Flood Warning, Flood and Flash Flood National Weather Service Paducah, KY Watch, Severe Weather Statement, Flash Flood State- 8250 Kentucky Highway 3520 The voice of NOAA’s National Weather ment, Special Marine Warning, Winter Storm Warning, West Paducah, KY 42086 Service broadcasting continuous weather and Hurricane Warning, Hurricane Statement, Tropical Storm Warning, Tropical Storm Watch. other hazard information 24 hours a day, 365 Telephone: (270) 744-6440 Fax: (270) 744-3828 days a year on the following frequencies:
Hazards Relayed From Local Authorities: WIN: Weather Information Now Avalanche Watch, Avalanche Warning, Child Abduc- Paducah: (270) 744-6331 Evansville: (812) 425-5549 162.400 MHz 162.425 MHz 162.450 MHz tion Emergency, Civil Danger Warning, Civil Emer- gency Message, Law Enforcement Warning, Evacua- 162.475 MHz 162.500 MHz 162.525 MHz tion Immediate, Shelter in Place Warning, Hazardous 162.550 MHz Materials Warning, 911 Telephone Outage Emergency, Nuclear Power Plant Warning, Radiological Hazard U.S. Department of Commerce Warning. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service NWR activation determined by local needs. What is a NOAA Weather Radio? Seconds Save Lives! NOAA Weather Radio Transmitters Covering National Weather Service NOAA Weather Radio Weather radios equipped with a special alarm tone Paducah’s County Warning Area: (NWR) is a nationwide feature can sound an alert and give you immediate network of radio stations KXIKXI----6666 (Piedmont) 162.425 information about a life threatening situation. During WWGWWG----4848 (Doniphan) 162.450 broadcasting continuous an emergency, National Weather Service forecasters weather information direct MO: Carter, Wayne, Butler, Ripley, Reynolds will interrupt routine weather radio programming and WXLWXL----4747 (Bloomfield) 162.400 from a nearby National send out the special tone that activates weather radios MO: Wayne, Butler, Stoddard, Scott, New Madrid, Weather Service office. in the listening area. NWR SAME receivers employ Mississippi, Dunklin NWR broadcasts National digital coding to automatically activate for specific Weather Service warnings, WWGWWG----4747 (Wardell) 162.525 weather or emergency conditions in specific areas MO: New Madrid watches, forecasts and (typically a county). You program SAME receivers other hazard information WWGWWG----4949 (Fredericktown) 162.500 for the county(s) and types of products you desire. MO: Bollinger, Wayne 24 hours a day. Known as Your receiver will then automatically alert you only of the "Voice of NOAA's KXIKXI----4242 (Chester) 162.450 Mark Trail Image courtesy of North America Syndicate, Inc., weather and other emergencies in areas you pro- World Rights Reserved MO: Perry National Weather grammed. NWR receivers without the SAME capabil- Service," NWR is provided KXIKXI----9393 (Cape Girardeau) 162.550 ity alert for emergencies anywhere within the cover- MO: Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry, Scott as a public service by the National Oceanic & Atmos- age area of the NWR transmitter, typically several pheric Administration (NOAA), part of the Depart- Mississippi. IL: Alexander, Union counties, even though the emergency could be well KIH-KIH -4646 (Mayfield) 162.475 ment of Commerce. NWR includes more than 850 KIH --46 (Mayfield) 162.475 away from the listener To program NWR SAME transmitters, covering all 50 states, adjacent coastal . MO: Mississippi. KY: Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, waters, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the receivers with the proper county(s) of choice, you Ballard, McCracken, Graves, Calloway, Marshall, need to know the 6-digit SAME code(s) for that U.S. Pacific Territories. NWR requires a special radio Livingston, Crittenden, Lyon, Trigg. IL: Massac, Pope WXMWXM----4949 (Marion) 162.425 receiver or scanner capable of picking up the signal. county(s). Once you have the number, follow the directions supplied by the manufacturer of your NWR IL: Perry, Jackson, Union, Pope, Alexander, Pulaski, SAME receiver for programming. The number is Massac, Johnson, Williamson, Franklin, Saline, Hardin “ALL HAZARDS” Capabilities available two ways: KXIKXI----4949 (Salem) 162.475 1-888-NWR-SAME (1-888-697-7263) IL: Jefferson, Wayne NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts warning and infor- OR KXIKXI----4848 (Newton) 162.450 mation for all types of hazards-both natural (such as http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/indexnw.htm IL: Wayne, Edwards earthquakes and volcano activity) and technological KXIKXI----5252 (Mcleansboro) 162.400 (such as chemical releases or oil spills). Working with NOAA Weather Radio Coverage IL: Hamilton, Saline, Gallatin, White the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) KIGKIG----7676 (Evansville) 162.550 Emergency Alert System, NWR is an "all hazards" By nature and by design, IL: Edwards, Wabash, White. IN: Posey, Gibson, radio network, making it your single source for com- NOAA Weather Radio Warrick, Vanderburgh, Spencer, Pike. prehensive weather and emergency information. coverage is limited to an KY: Henderson, Union WWGWWG----8383 (Edwardsport) 162.425 area within 40 miles of the transmitter. The quality of IN: Gibson, Pike Weather Reports and Much More! WXJWXJ----9191 (Madisonville) 162.525 what is heard is dictated by KXIKXI----2626 (Hopkinsville) 162.400 the distance from the trans- NWR is a round–the-clock source of weather reports KY: Union, Webster, McLean, Henderson, Daviess, mitter, local terrain, and the and information to help you prepare for the day ahead. Crittenden, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd, Caldwell, quality and location of the The regular broadcasts are specially tailored to weather Lyon, Trigg, Christian information needs of the people within the service area receiver. In general, those on flat terrain or at sea, KIHKIH----4545 (Bowling Green) 162.400 using a high quality receiver, can expect reliable of the transmitter. Routine programming is repeated KY: Muhlenberg, Todd every few minutes and consists of the local forecast, reception far beyond 40 miles. Those living in cities KZZKZZ----6161 (Whitesville) 162.475 surrounded by large buildings and those in mountain regional conditions, river stages and forecasts, climatic KY: Daviess IN: Spencer data, etc, and the information is updated as needed. valleys with standard receivers may experience little During emergencies, routine broadcasts are interrupted or no reception at considerably less than 40 miles. For NOAA Weather Radio Broadcast Program Guide: for warnings, watches and other critical information. more information on coverage areas visit this website: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/nwr/radio.shtml http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/usframes.html