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Reporting a Transmitter Problem NOAA WEATHER RADIO FACT SHEET       

Range Rings on Map Not to Any Scale. See Transmitter Table below.  

 

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FIPS Codes for Virginia, Maryland, DELMARVA, & MARINE 
FIPS Codes for North Carolina 

Color Code
Transmitter
Call Sign
Frequency
Locations Served
KHB-37
162.550 MHz
Southeast VA & Northeast NC, including Tidewater area, Hampton Roads and Northeast Outer Banks
WNG537
162.525 MHz
Northeast North Carolina including the
city of Windsor
WXK-65
162.475 MHz
Piedmont Region including
the City of Richmond
KAE42
162.500 MHz
New Kent /
Providence Forge
WXM-57
162.400 MHz
Northern Neck and
Middle Peninsula
WWG-33
162.450 MHZ
South Central Virginia South to the NC Border
including Northampton County NC
KEC-92
162.475MHz
Delmarva Peninsula including
the city of Salisbury, MD
KJY-99
162.525MHz
Lower Eastern Shore including the
cities of Exmore, Chincoteague, and Pocomoke

HAM RADIO FREQUENCIES USED FOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO

FRANKLIN, VA
147.30
ELIZABETH CITY, NC
146.655
RICHMOND, VA
145.430
WILLIAMSBURG, VA
146.76
CHESTER, VA
147.36
CHESAPEAKE, VA
 145.330
AHOSKIE, NC
146.91
ISLE OF WIGHT, VA
147.195

 

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The Emergency Alert System (EAS)
On January 1, 1997, EAS replaced the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) as the coordinated means of relaying tornado, flash flood and nationwide non-weather related warnings to the public via the radio and TV broadcast media. Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) allows NOAA Weather Radio (and therefore the NWS) to DIRECTLY interface with EAS. This digital interface means that, for radio and TV stations, and cable outlets, warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, flash floods, winter storms and hurricanes can be broadcast over the air faster and without human intervention!  For more information regarding EAS, visit the  Virginia EAS Home Page . To view a map of EAS areas and their relation to the NOAA Weather Radio click here.

If you have further questions regarding EAS........click here.

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