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NOAA
Weather Radio
"The Voice of the National Weather Service" |
NOAA Weather Radio
provides continuous broadcasts direct from your local office of the National Weather Service, which is part of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. NOAA Weather
Radio broadcasts the latest weather information on seven frequencies
in the 162.40 to 162.55 MHz range and in many cases can be received
up to 40 miles from the transmitter. In the Mobile NWS Office Forecast Area, NOAA Weather Radio
transmitters serve a total of 29 counties in Southeast Mississippi,
Southwest Alabama and Northwest Florida.
Regular broadcasts are tailored to the needs of the people that live
within the listening
area of a transmitter. During hazardous weather situations, though,
regular programming will be interrupted to provide up-to-date information,
watches, or most importantly, warnings. A special tone, which automatically
triggers weather radio receivers with an "alert" feature, can also be
used to alert the listener of a dangerous weather situation.
In addition to the regular alarm tone which sounds the alarm within
the entire transmitter listening area encompassing multiple counties,
we now generate a SAME (which is short for Specific Area Message Encoder
alarm), allows you to select only the county or counties you want
to be alerted for. The SAME alert system therfore allows you to program
your receiver for a specific county or for multiple counties, thus
eliminating alerts for counties you are not concerned about. As a
result, SAME is one of the primary activators of the new Emergency
Alert System, which replaces the Emergency Broadcast System. SAME
equipped receivers are available to the general public from local
radio supply stores at a cost ranging typically from $50 to $100 per
unit. These units are useful in that you are only alerted (or awakened)
for warnings that will affect only the county or counties you designate.
Under a January 1975 White House policy statement, NOAA Weather Radio
was designated the sole Government-operated radio system to provide
direct warnings into private homes for both natural disasters and
nuclear attack.
If you have a question about NOAA Weather radio, the information
broadcast over NOAA Weather Radio, or the Specific Area Message Encoder
(SAME) don't hesitate to contact Gary
Beeler, Warning Coordination Meteorologist here at the National
Weather Service in Mobile.
The National Weather Service Office in Mobile currently broadcasts
continuous weather information to parts of Southeast Mississippi,
South Alabama, and the Western Florida Panhandle on the following
stations and frequencies:
STATION |
TRANSMITTER LOCATION |
AREAS SERVED |
FREQUENCY |
KIH-59 |
Dozier, AL |
In Alabama: Andalusia, Troy |
162.550 MHz |
KEC-61 |
Mobile, AL |
In Mississippi: Pascagoula, Lucedale In Alabama:
Mobile, Bay Minette, Gulf Shores |
162.550 MHz |
KEC-86 |
Pensacola, FL |
In Alabama: Gulf Shores In Florida: Pensacola,
Ft. Walton Beach |
162.400 MHz |
WWF-55 |
Jackson, AL |
In Alabama: Jackson, Grove Hill, Chatom, Monroeville |
162.500 MHz |
WNG-607 |
Greenville, AL |
In Alabama: Greenville |
162.425 MHz |
WNG-646 |
Brewton, AL |
In Alabama: Brewton |
162.475 MHz |
WNG-640 |
Leaksville, MS |
In Mississippi: Leaksville |
162.425 MHz |
Here's a link detailing NOAA Weather
Radio stations and frequencies across the Southern United States.
Already got a "SAME
NWR" and want the PROGRAMMING CODES
for your county?
Click here for help programming some radios.
Programming Schedule
for NOAA Weather Radio at NWS Mobile |
Program Item |
When is it updated? |
Station I.D. and Weather Synopsis |
2 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m. |
Radar Summary and Hourly Weather Conditions |
Every hour |
Short Term Forecast |
When needed |
Local Forecast and Extended Forecast |
5 a.m., 5 p.m. (or updated) |
Marine Weather Conditions Not broadcast on KIH-59, WWF-55
or WXL-72 |
Every hour |
Coastal Marine Forecast, Tide Information, and Tropical Weather
Outlook (When in season) |
5 a.m., 11 a.m., 5 p.m., 10 p.m. |
Climate Summaries, only on KEC61 and KEC86 |
6 a.m., 6 p.m. |
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