-------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following is an eight part bulletin flooded on the packet network by KA9YLV@KA9YLV.IN.USA.NA and is presented here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS A SERVICE... ...of the National Oceanic and Atmosperic administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. As the "Voice of the National Weather Service," it provides continuous broadcasts of the latest weather information directly from National Weather Service offices. Taped weather messages are repeated every four to six minutes and are routinely revised every one to three hours, or more frequently if needed. Most of the stations operate 24 hours daily. During severe weather, National Weather Service forecasters can interrupt the routine weather broadcasts and substitute special warning messages. The forecasters can also activate specially designed warning receivers. Such receivers either sound an alarm indicating that an emergency exists, alerting the listener to turn the receiver up to an audible volume; or, when operated in a muted mode, are automatically turned on so that the warning message is heard. "Warning alarm" receivers are especially valuable for schools, hospitals, public-safety agencies, and news media offices. 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 natural disasters and nuclear attack. This capability is to supplement warnings by sirens and by commercial radio and TV. The Broadcasts are tailored to weather information needs of people of people within the receiving area. For example, stations along the seacoasts and Great Lakes provide weather information for boaters, fishers, and others engaged in marine activities as well as general weather information. NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts are made on one of seven high-band FM frequencies ranging from 162.40 to 162.55 megahertz (MHz). These frequencies are not found on the average home radio now in use. However, a number of radio manufactures offer special weather radios to operate on these frequencies, with or without the emergency warning alarm. Also there are now many radios on the market which offer the standard AM/FM frequencies plus the so called "weather band" as an added feature. The National Weather Service operates about 380 stations. Approximately 90 percent of the Nation's population is within listening range of a NOAA Weather Radio broadcast. A similar network of about 15 stations using the same frequencies broadcasts continuous weather information across much of southern Canada. National Weather Service may be contacted in reference to Weather Radio at the following address: National Weather Service (Atten: W/OM11) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. Silver Spring, MD 20910 Information Courtesy of: U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Page 1 NOAA Weather Radio Network -------------------------------------------- Location Frequency -------------------------------------------- Alabama Anniston (3) Birmingham (1) Demopolis (3) Dozier (1) Florence (3) Huntsville (2) Louisville (3) Mobile (1) Montgomery (2) Tuscaloosa (2) Alaska Anchorage (1) Cordova (1) Fairbanks (1) Homer (2) Juneau (1) Ketchikan (1) Kodiak (1) Nome (1) Haines (1) Seward (1) Sitka (1) Valdez (1) Wrangell (2) Yakutat (2) Arizona Flagstaff (2) Lake Powell (1) Phoenix (1) Tucson (2) Yuma (1) Arkansas Fayetteville (3) Fort Smith (2) Gurdon (3) Jonesburo (1) Little Rock (1) Mountain View (2) Star-City (2) Texarkana (1) (1) 162.550 - (2) 162.400 - (3) 162.475 - (4) 162.425 (5) 162.450 - (6) 162.500 - (7) 162.525 MHz Page 2 NOAA Weather Radio Network -------------------------------------------- Location Frequency -------------------------------------------- California Bakersfield (P) (1) Coachella (P) (2) Eureka (2) Fresno (2) Los Angeles (1) Lindsay (6) Monterey (2) Point Arena (1) Redding (P) (1) Sacramento (1) San Deigo (2) San Francisco (2) San Luis Obispo (1) Santa Barbara (2) Colorado Alamosa (P) (3) Colorado Springs (3) Denver (1) Fort Collins (5) Grand Junction (1) Greeley (2) Longmont (1) Pueblo (2) Sterling (2) Connecticut Hartford (3) Meriden (2) New London (1) Delaware Lewes (1) District of Columbia Washington, D.C. (1) Florida Bell Glade (2) Daytona Beach (2) Fort Myers (3) Gainesville (3) Jacksonville (1) Key West (2) Melbourne (1) Miami (1) Orlando (3) Panama City (1) Pensacola (2) Tallahassee (2) Tampa (1) Page 3 NOAA Weather Radio Network -------------------------------------------- Location Frequency -------------------------------------------- Georgia Athens (2) Atlanta (1) Augusta (1) Baxley (*) (7) Chatsworth (2) Columbus (2) Macon (3) Pelham (1) Savannah (2) Valdosta (*) (6) Waycross (3) Waynesboro (4) Hawaii Hilo (1) Honolulu (1) Kokee (2) Mt. Haleakala (2) Waimanalo (P) (2) Idaho Boise (1) Lewiston (P) (1) Pocatello (1) Twin Falls (2) Illinois Champaign (1) Chicago (1) Marion (4) Moline (1) Peoria (3) Rockford (3) Springfield (2) Indiana Bloomington (*) (5) Evansville (1) Fort Wayne (1) Indianapolis (1) Lafayette (3) Marion (*) (5) South Bend (2) Terre Haute (2) Iowa Cedar Rapids (3) Des Moines (1) Dubuque (P) (2) Sioux City (3) Waterloo (1) (1) 162.550 - (2) 162.400 - (3) 162.475 - (4) 162.425 (5) 162.450 - (6) 162.500 - (7) 162.525 MHz Page 4 NOAA Weather Radio Network -------------------------------------------- Location Frequency -------------------------------------------- Kansas Chanute (2) Colby (3) Concordia (1) Dodge City (3) Ellsworth (2) Topeka (3) Wichita (1) Kentucky Ashland (1) Bowling Green (2) Covington (1) Elizabethtown (R) (2) Hazard (3) Lexington (2) Louisville (3) Mayfield (3) Pikeville (R) (2) Somerset (1) Louisiana Alexandria (3) Baton Rouge (2) Buras (3) Lafayette (1) Lake Charles (2) Monroe (1) Morgan City (3) New Orleans (1) Shreveport (2) Maine Caribou (*) (7) Dresden (*) (3) Ellsworth (2) Portland (1) Maryland Baltimore (2) Hagerstown (3) Salisbury (3) Massachusetts Page 5 NOAA Weather Radio Network -------------------------------------------- Location Frequency -------------------------------------------- Michigan Alpena (1) Detroit (1) Flint (2) Grand Rapids (1) Houghton (2) Marquette (1) Onondaga (*) (2) Saulte Sainte Marie (1) Traverse City (2) Minnesota Detroit Lakes (3) Duluth (1) International Falls (1) Mankato (2) Minneapolis (1) Rochester (3) Saint Cloud (P) (3) Thief River Falls (1) Willmar (P) (2) Mississippi Ackerman (3) Booneville (1) Bude (1) Columbia (*) (R) (2) Gulfport (2) Hattiesburg (3) Inverness (1) Jackson (2) Meridian (1) Oxford (2) Missouri Columbia (2) Camdenton (1) Hannibal (3) Hermitage (5) Joplin/Carthage (1) Kansas City (1) St. Joseph (2) St. Louis (1) Sikeston (2) Springfield (2) (1) 162.550 - (2) 162.400 - (3) 162.475 - (4) 162.425 (5) 162.450 - (6) 162.500 - (7) 162.525 MHz Page 6 NOAA Weather Radio Network -------------------------------------------- Location Frequency -------------------------------------------- Montana Billings (1) Butte (1) Glasgow (1) Great Falls (1) Havre (P) (2) Helana (2) Kalispell (1) Miles City (2) Missoula (2) Nebraska Bassett (3) Grand Island (2) Holdrege (3) Lincoln (3) Merriman (2) Norfolk (1) North Platte (1) Omaha (2) Scottsbluff (1) Nevada Elko (1) Ely (2) Las Vegas (1) Reno (1) Winnemucca (2) New Hampshire Concord (2) New Jersey Atlantic City (2) New Mexico Albuquerque (2) Clovis (3) Des Moines (1) Farmington (3) Page 7 NOAA Weather Radio Network -------------------------------------------- Location Frequency -------------------------------------------- New York Albany (1) Binghamton (3) Buffalo (1) Elmira (2) Kingston (3) New York City (1) Riverhead (*) (3) Rochester (2) Syracuse (1) North Carolina Asheville (2) Cape Hatteras (3) Charlotte (3) Fayetteville (3) New Bern (2) Raleigh/Durham (1) Rocky Mount (3) Wilmington (1) Winston-Salem (2) North Dakota Bismarck (2) Dickinson (2) Fargo (2) Jamestown (2) Minot (2) Petersburg (2) Williston (2) Ohio Akron (2) Cambridge (3) Cleveland (1) Columbus (1) Dayton (3) Lima (2) Sandusky (2) Toledo (1) Oklahoma Clinton (3) Enid (3) Lawton (1) McAlester (3) Oklahoma City (2) Tulsa (1) (1) 162.550 - (2) 162.400 - (3) 162.475 - (4) 162.425 (5) 162.450 - (6) 162.500 - (7) 162.525 MHz Page 8 NOAA Weather Radio Network -------------------------------------------- Location Frequency -------------------------------------------- Oregon Astoria (2) Brookings (1) Coos Bay (2) Eugene (2) Klamath Falls (1) Medford (2) Newport (1) Pendleton (2) Portland (1) Roseburg (1) Salem (3) Pennsylvania Allentown (2) Clearfield (1) Erie (2) Harrisburg (1) Johnstown (2) Philadelphia (3) Pittsburg (1) State College (3) Towanda (*) (3) Wellsboro (*) (1) Wilkes-Barre (1) Williamsport (2) Puerto Rico Maricao (1) San Juan (2) Rhode Island Providence (2) South Carolina Beaufort (3) Charleston (1) Columbia (2) Cross (3) Florence (1) Greenville (1) Myrtle Beach (2) Sumter (R) (3) Tennessee Bristol (1) Chattanooga (1) Cookeville (2) Jackson (1) Knoxville (3) Page 9 NOAA Weather Radio Network -------------------------------------------- Location Frequency -------------------------------------------- Texas Abilene (2) Amarillo (1) Austin (2) Beaumont (3) Big Spring (3) Brownsville (1) Bryan (1) Corpus Christi (1) Dallas (2) Del Rio (P) (2) El Paso (3) Fort Worth (1) Galveston (1) Houston (2) Laredo (3) Lubbock (2) Lufkin (1) Midland (2) Paris (1) Pharr (2) San Angelo (1) San Antonio (1) Sherman (3) Tyler (3) Victoria (2) Waco (3) Wichita Falls (3) U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Thomas (*) (3) Utah Logan (2) Cedar City (2) Vernal (2) Salt Lake City (1) Vermont Burlington (2) Marlboro (4) Windsor (3) Virginia Heathsville (2) Lynchburg (*) (1) Norfolk (1) Richmond (3) Roanoke (2) (1) 162.550 - (2) 162.400 - (3) 162.475 - (4) 162.425 (5) 162.450 - (6) 162.500 - (7) 162.525 MHz Page 10 NOAA Weather Radio Network -------------------------------------------- Location Frequency -------------------------------------------- Washington Neah Bay (1) Olympia (3) Seattle (1) Spokane (2) Wenatchee (3) Yakima (1) West Virginia Beckley (6) Charleston (2) Clarksburg (1) Gilbert (7) Hinton (4) Moorefield (7) Spencer (6) Sutton (5) Wisconsin La Crosse (P) (1) Green Bay (1) Madison (1) Menomonie (2) Milwaukee (2) Park Falls (*) (6) Wausau (3) Wyoming Casper (1) Cheyenne (3) Lander (3) Sheridan (P) (3) (1) 162.550 - (2) 162.400 - (3) 162.475 - (4) 162.425 (5) 162.450 - (6) 162.500 - (7) 162.525 MHz Notes: (*) Station funded by private interest group (R) Low power experimental repeater - serving limited local area (P) Operate less than 24 hours/day - hours are extended when possible during severe weather Occasionally the frequency of an existing or planned station must be changed because of unexpected radio frequency interference with adjacent NOAA Weather Radio stations and/or with other services in the area. Page 1 NOAA Weather Radio Network Fixed Links --------------------------------------------- Location Callsign Frequency(s) --------------------------------------------- AK Anchorage KEC43 (7) AK Fairbanks WXJ81 (7) AK Nome WXJ62 (6) AL Huntsville KIH20 (6) AR Little Rock WXJ55 (7) (8) AZ Tucson WXL30 (1) (6) AZ Yuma WXL87 (9) CA Bakersfield WXL89 (6) CA Coachella KIG78 (1) CA El Centro WXL87 (9) CA Eureka KEC82 (6) CA Fresno KIH62 (9) CA Los Angeles KWO37 (6) CA Mt. Pierce ***** (9) CA Mt. Tamalpais KIH30 (9) CA Pt. Arena KIH30 (9) CA Redding WXL88 (9) CA Redwood City KEC49 (6) CA Red Bluff WXL88 (9) CA Sacramento KEC57 (7) CA San Diego KEC62 (1) CA Strawberry Pk. WXM21 (9) CT Glastonbury WXJ42 (9) CT Meriden WXJ42 (9) CT New London KHB47 (9) FL Jacksonville KHB39 (2) FL Ruskin KHB32 (8) FL Tampa KHB32 (2) (8) GA Augusta WXK54 (8) HI Honolulu KBA99 (4) ID Boise WXK68 (6) (9) ID Lewiston WXK98 (9) ID Pacatello WXL33 (6) ID Twin Falls WXL35 (9) LA Lake Charles KHB43 (2) LA New Orleans KHB43 (2) MD Davids Hill KEC92 (9) MD Marlow Mtn. KHB36 (6) MD Salisbury KEC92 (7) (9) MD Trappe KEC92 (7) MT Helena WXK66 (6) (9) MT Kalispell WXL82 (9) MT Missoula WXL25 (6) NC Asheville WXL56 (9) NC Greensboro WXL42 (6) NC Winston-Salem WXL42 (6) NM Las Cruces WXL91 (1) (8) NV Elko WXL28 (6) NV Ely WXL69 (6) NV Las Vegas WXL36 (6) (1) 162.375 - (2) 163.275 - (3) 167.905 - (4) 173.025 - (5) 410.075 (6) 410.100 - (7) 410.575 - (8) 415.900 - (9) 416.375 MHz. Page 2 NOAA Weather Radio Network Fixed Links --------------------------------------------- Location Callsign Frequency(s) --------------------------------------------- OH Akron KDO94 (7) OH Cleveland KHB59 (7) (9) OH Sandusky KHB59 (9) OR Astoria KEC91 (7) OR Newport KIH33 (7) OR Warrenton KEC91 (7) PA Wilkes-Barre WXL43 (3) (6) PR San Juan WXJ68 (7) (8) RI Providence WXJ39 (5) RI Warwick WXJ39 (5) SC Charleston KEC95 (6) SC Georgetown KEC95 (7) SC Huger KEC95 (9) SC Huger WXK49 (8) SC Myrtle Beach KEC95 (6) (7) (8) (9) TN Blountville WXK47 (7) TN Bristol WXK47 (7) TX Alvin KGG68 (8) TX Corpus Christi KHB41 (2) TX Dallas KEC56 (7) TX Del Rio WXJ98 (1) TX Ft. Worth KEC55 (7) TX Galveston KHB40 (2) TX Houston KGG68 (8) TX Midland WXK32 (1) TX Pharr KHB33 (1) TX San Angelo WXK38 (8) UT Cedar City WXM24 (6) UT Logan WXM22 (9) UT Milford WXM24 (6) UT Salt Lk. City KEC78 (7) VA Lynchburg WXL60 (6) VA Roanoke WXL60 (6) (9) VT Burlington KIB60 (9) WA Seattle KHB60 (7) WV Charleston WXJ84 (9) WY Casper WXM47 (8) WY Cheyenne WXM37 (7) WY Sheridan WXM46 (6) (1) 162.375 - (2) 163.275 - (3) 167.905 - (4) 173.025 - (5) 410.075 (6) 410.100 - (7) 410.575 - (8) 415.900 - (9) 416.375 MHz. The information in this list is from Popular Communications; Feb88. For futher reference see the article on pp 16/17