Welcome to our NOAA Weather Radio page. NOAA
Weather Radio (NWR) is a nationwide network of radio stations broadcasting
continuous weather information direct from a nearby National Weather
Service office. NWR broadcasts National Weather Service warnings,
watches, forecasts and other hazard information 24 hours a day.
We have short-term forecast and warning responsibility for a large
part of west Texas, and southeast New Mexico. Our County Warning Area
(CWA) consists of 26 counties, encompasses around 50,200 square miles,
making it the fourth largest CWA in the United States. According to
the 2000 Census data, around 535,000 people live in our County Warning
Area.
NOAA Weather
Radio sites
map of transmitter sites - click to enlarge
NOAA weather radio sites in west Texas
and southeast New Mexico:
If your weather radio is equipped with Specific
Area Message Encoder or SAME technology, you can program your radio
to receive weather or other emergency information for particular counties.
SAME equipped weather radios are programmed using FIPS (Federal Information
Processing Standards) codes. Please refer to the following tables
of FIPS codes for your county.
Alpine,
TX / KJY-69 / 162.550 mHZ
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
Brewster
048043
Jeff Davis
048243
Presidio
048377
Big
Spring, TX / WXK-37 / 162.475 mHZ
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
Borden
048033
Dawson
048115
Glasscock
048173
Howard
048227
Martin
048317
Midland
048329
Mitchell
048335
Scurry
048415
Guadalupe
Mtns. N.P., TX / WZ-2503 / 162.525 mHZ
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
Culberson
048109
Eddy
035015
Odessa,
TX / WXK-32 / 162.400 mHZ
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
Andrews
048003
Crane
048103
Ector
048135
Howard
048227
Martin
048317
Midland
048329
Reagan
048383
Upton
048461
Ward
048475
Winkler
048495
Pecos,
TX / WNG-695 / 162.450 mHZ
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
Loving
048301
Pecos
048371
Reeves
048389
Ward
048475
Winkler
048495
Jeff Davis
048243
Seminole,
TX / WNG-562 / 162.425 mHZ
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
Gaines
048165
Dawson
048115
Andrews
048003
Martin
048317
Yoakum1
048501
Terry1
048445
Lea
035025
1 Note: Yoakum and
Terry counties are served by NWS
Lubbock, TX
Artesia,
NM / WXN-24 / 162.425 mHZ
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
Eddy
035015
Chaves
035005
Carlsbad,
NM / WWF-37 / 162.475 mHZ
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
Eddy
035015
Culberson
048109
Maljamar,
NM / WXJ-36 / 162.400 mHZ
County
FIPS code
County
FIPS code
Eddy
035015
Lea
035025
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