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NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio . . . the voice of the National Weather Service NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio (NWR) broadcasts National Weather Service warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information 24 hours a day. Known as the "voice of the National Weather Service," NWR is provided as a public service by the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The NWR network has more than 900 stations in the 50 states and adjacent coastal waters, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and U.S. Pacific Territories.

NWR broadcasts typically reach about 40 miles away from the transmitter. NWR requires a special radio receiver or scanner capable of picking up the signal. Here is a COVERAGE MAPof the locations of the NWR transmitters in the NWS Omaha County Warning Area. The broadcast range depends upon a number of factors including signal strength, terrain, quality of your weather radio, and current weather conditions.

The following NWR Stations are served by the NWS in Omaha, NE:

• Omaha, NE -- KIH-61 -- 162.400 MHZ
• Lincoln, NE -- WXM-20 -- 162.475 MHZ
• Carroll, NE -- WXL-77 -- 162.550 MHZ
• Shubert, NE -- KWN-41 -- 162.500 MHZ
• Essex, IA -- KZZ-50 -- 162.550 MHZ
• Hancock, IA -- KZZ-52 -- 162.525 MHZ
• Beatrice, NE -- KZZ-69 -- 162.450 MHZ
• Columbus, NE -- WNG-549 -- 162.450 MHZ
• Albion, NE -- WNG-645 -- 162.500 MHZ

Live Streaming Audio is available for some sites

There are two types of NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards audio available on the Internet:

• Live Streaming Audio
• Audio Files for Download or Online Listening

Whether you listen to the live streaming audio or download the static audio files, please remember that you should NOT rely on this Internet audio to receive watches or warnings. Instead, you should have a dedicated NOAA Weather Radio receiver which will alert you 24 hours a day to hazards in your area.

Weather radios equipped with a special alarm tone feature will sound an alert and give you immediate information about a life threatening situation. During an emergency, NWS personnel will interrupt routine weather programming and send out the special tone that activates weather radios in the listening area. To purchase a NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio, check with your local electronics shop or check out our NWR Receiver Comsumer Information page

With the implementation of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME), it is now possible to program certain weather radios to sound an alert for only the counties desired in a specific NWR's broadcast area. The owner of a NWR with SAME technology would program the desired county into the radio. It will then alert the user only to weather emergencies for the specific county programmed. Older (non-SAME) NWR receivers without SAME capability would alert for emergencies anywhere within the coverage area of the NWR transmitter, even though the emergency could be well away from the listener. The SAME technology can eliminate this appearance of over warning. You can find out more information about Same Technology or EAS Broadcasts from the National Weather Service.

When the NWS broadcasts an urgent audio message, a digital SAME burst of information is also broadcast. This SAME code contains information on the type of message, county(s) affected, and expiration time of the message (the SAME code broadcast can be heard as three brief bursts of static). An appropriately programmed NWR with SAME technology will then turn on upon receiving the information burst.

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio is not just for emergencies. It is a round-the-clock source of weather reports and information to help you prepare for the day ahead. Each NWS office tailors its broadcast to suit local needs. Routine programming is repeated every few minutes and consists of the local and regional forecast as well as the latest regional weather conditions. Additional information including river stages and climatic information is also provided.

Additional NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio Information can be found at the NWS NWR page. This page contains FAQ's, National Coverage maps, general information, and much more.

• For Nebraska.
• For Iowa.
• For any state in the U.S..

• Emergency Alert System Event Codes