Where can I purchase a “Our goal is to someday have a NOAA NOAA Weather Radio? Weather Radio in every home, just like a smoke detector, and in all schools, hospitals, Check with stores that sell electronics, or call the National Weather Service office closest to you. and other public gathering places. NOAA Weather radios come in many sizes and with a variety Weather Radio gives people the kind of of functions and costs. Many of the radios sound a information they need to safeguard tone alarm and/or turn on the audio when severe weather announcements or emergency information are themselves and their home before, during broadcast. To make use of the digital SAME coding and after a disaster” technology, more sophisticated weather radio receivers are required. Most NOAA Weather Radio receivers are Director either battery-operated portables or AC-powered National Weather Service desktop 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 NOAA Weather Radio receiving NOAA Weather Radio transmissions. Many communities throughout the United States also make At Home At Play Weather Radio available on cable TV and broadcast television’s secondary audio programming channels. At Work While For more information on NOAA Weather Radios: Traveling http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/info/nwrrcvr.html

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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 http://weather.gov/pah Thunderstorm Warning, Severe Thunderstorm Watch, Flood and Flash Flood Warning, Flood and Flash Flood National Weather Service Paducah, KY Watch, Severe Weather Statement, Flash Flood 8250 Kentucky Highway 3520 The voice of NOAA’s National Weather Statement, Special Marine Warning, Winter Storm West Paducah, KY 42086 Service broadcasting continuous weather and Warning, 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 Paducah: (270) 744-6331 Evansville: (812) 425-5549 162.400 MHz 162.425 MHz 162.450 MHz Abduction Emergency, Civil Danger Warning, Civil Emergency Message, Law Enforcement Warning, 162.475 MHz 162.500 MHz 162.525 MHz Evacuation Immediate, Shelter in Place Warning, 162.550 MHz Hazardous Materials Warning, 911 Telephone Outage Emergency, Nuclear Power Plant Warning, U.S. Department of Commerce Radiological Hazard 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 NWS Paducah’s County Warning Area: NOAA Weather Radio Weather radios equipped with a special alarm tone KXI-66 (Piedmont) 162.425 (NWR) is a nationwide feature can sound an alert and give you immediate WWG-48 (Doniphan) 162.450 network of radio stations information about a life threatening situation. During broadcasting continuous an emergency, National Weather Service forecasters MO: Carter, Wayne, Butler, Ripley WXL-47 (Bloomfield) 162.400 weather information direct will interrupt routine weather radio programming and from a nearby National send out the special tone that activates weather radios MO: Wayne, Butler, Stoddard, Scott, New Madrid, Weather Service office. Mississippi, in the listening area. NWR SAME receivers employ WWG-47 (Wardell) 162.525 NWR broadcasts National digital coding to automatically activate for specific Weather Service warnings, MO: New Madrid weather or emergency conditions in specific areas WWG-49 (Fredericktown) 162.500 watches, forecasts and oth- (typically a county). You program SAME receivers er hazard information 24 MO: Bollinger, Wayne for the county(s) and types of products you desire. KXI-42 (Chester) 162.450 hours a day. Known as the Your receiver will then automatically alert you only of "Voice of NOAA's MO: Perry Mark Trail Image courtesy of North America Syndicate, Inc., weather and other emergencies in areas you KXI-93 (Cape Girardeau) 162.550 National Weather Service," World Rights Reserved programmed. NWR receivers without the SAME MO: Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry, Scott NWR is provided as a capability alert for emergencies anywhere within the public service by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Mississippi. IL: Alexander, Union coverage area of the NWR transmitter, typically KIH-46 (Mayfield) 162.475 Administration (NOAA), part of the Department of several counties, even though the emergency could be Commerce. NWR includes more than 850 transmitters, MO: Mississippi. KY: Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, well away from the listener To program NWR SAME covering all 50 states, adjacent coastal waters, Puerto . Ballard, McCracken, Graves, Calloway, Marshall, Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Pacific receivers with the proper county(s) of choice, you Livingston, Crittenden, Lyon, Trigg. IL: Massac, Pope Territories. NWR requires a special radio receiver or need to know the 6-digit SAME code(s) for that TN: Obion, Weakley, Henry scanner capable of picking up the signal. county(s). Once you have the number, follow the WXM-49 (Marion) 162.425 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: KY: Ballard 1-888-NWR-SAME (1-888-697-7263) KXI-49 (Salem) 162.475 NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts warning and OR IL: Jefferson, Wayne information for all types of hazards-both natural (such http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/ KXI-48 (Newton) 162.450 as earthquakes and volcano activity) and technological IL: Wayne, Edwards (such as chemical releases or oil spills). Working with NOAA Weather Radio Coverage KXI-52 (Mcleansboro) 162.400 the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) IL: Hamilton, Saline, Gallatin, White Emergency Alert System, NWR is an "all hazards" By nature and by design, KIG-76 (Evansville) 162.550 radio network, making it your single source for NOAA Weather Radio IL: Edwards, Wabash, White. IN: Posey, Gibson, comprehensive weather and emergency information. coverage is limited to an Warrick, Vanderburgh, Spencer, Pike. area within 40 miles of the KY: Henderson, Union Weather Reports and Much More! transmitter. The quality of WWG-83 (Edwardsport) 162.425 what is heard is dictated by IN: Gibson, Pike WXJ-91 (Madisonville) 162.525 the distance from the NWR is a round–the-clock source of weather reports KXI-26 (Hopkinsville) 162.400 and information to help you prepare for the day ahead. transmitter, local terrain, and the quality and location KY: Union, Webster, McLean, Henderson, Daviess, The regular broadcasts are specially tailored to weather Crittenden, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd, Caldwell, information needs of the people within the service area of the receiver. In general, those on flat terrain or at sea, using a high quality receiver, can expect reliable Lyon, Trigg, Christian TN: Stewart, Montgomery of the transmitter. Routine programming is repeated KIH-45 (Bowling Green) 162.400 every few minutes and consists of the local forecast, reception far beyond 40 miles. Those living in cities surrounded by large buildings and those in mountain KY: Muhlenberg, Todd regional conditions, river stages and forecasts, climatic KZZ-61 (Whitesville) 162.475 valleys with standard receivers may experience little data, etc, and the information is updated as needed. KY: Daviess IN: Spencer During emergencies, routine broadcasts are interrupted or no reception at considerably less than 40 miles. For for warnings, watches and other critical information. more information: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/ NOAA Weather Radio Broadcast Program Guide: http://www.weather.gov/pah/NOAAWeatherRadio