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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Central and Southern Plains

Severe thunderstorms capable of very large hail, damaging wind gusts, and a few tornadoes are possible today across parts of the central and southern Plains. Heavy rain will pose a threat for flash flooding across portions of central and coastal Texas. Thunderstorms may also cause isolated wind damage across the Southeast. Read More >

 

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio
NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio broadcasts National Weather Service warnings, watches, forecasts, and other hazard information 24 hours a day. Known as "the voice of National Weather Service," NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio is provided as a service by the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

 

NWS Chicago NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio Programs:

KWO39 listening area image of transmitters for Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana; KXI-41 listening area
KZZ-81 Listening area KXI-58 listening area
KZZ-57 listening area WXK-24 listening area
WNG-536 listening area KXI-86 listening area
KZZ-57 listening area KZZ-58 listening area
WNG-689 listening area  

 

Transmitter

Frequency (MHz)

Power (Watts)

Counties in Coverage Area

KWO-39 Chicago

162.550

300

Cook, DuPage, Lake (IL), Lake (IN), Porter

KZZ-81 Lockport

162.425

1000

Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake (IL), Lake (IN), Will

KZZ-57 Rockford

162.475

1000

Boone, DeKalb, Green, Lee, Ogle, Rock, Stephenson, Winnebago

WNG-536 DeKalb

162.550

300

Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago

KZZ-55 Dixon

162.525

300

Bureau, Carroll, Clinton (IA), Lee, Ogle, Whiteside

WNG-689 Hebron

162.450

300

Jasper, Lake (IN), LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, Starke

KXI-41 Crystal Lake

162.500

300

Boone, Cook, Kane, Kenosha, Lake, McHenry, Walworth

KXI-58 Plano

162.400

300

DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Will

WXK-24 Odell

162.450

1000

Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, LaSalle, Livingston, Marshall, McLean, Will, Woodford

KXI-86 Crescent City

162.500

300

Benton, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Newton, Vermilion

KZZ-58 Kankakee

162.525

300

Iroquois, Kankakee, Lake, Newton, Will