NOAA All Hazards Radio

NOAA Weather Radio All-Hazards

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NOAA Weather Radio All-Hazards (NWR) is one of the backbones of the National Weather Service communications system. It is the easiest way for you to get around-the-clock weather information. Recordings are continuously updated at each National Weather Service office in the United States and broadcast from over 900 locations across the country. Each transmitter broadcasts current weather conditions, forecasts, special statements, and weather watches and warnings for a specific area. NWR is like having your own personal tornado siren right in your home...only it won't be quite that loud!

For high impact events such as Severe Thunderstorm, Tornado and Flash Flood Warnings, each NWR transmitter will send a special digital code that activates receivers equipped with Specific Area Message Encoder (SAME) technology. This means that you can choose to receive only those alerts that will affect your county, or your surrounding counties.

Transmitters

The local area is served by six separate NWR transmitters:

CONSOLE	FREQUENCY	LOCATION	COUNTIES SERVED
Gem	162.400 MHz	Gem, KS	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Decatur, Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, Wallace, Logan, Gove
Bethune	162.525 MHz	Bethune, CO	Southern Yuma, Kit Carson, Cheyenne CO
Lenora	162.425 MHz	Lenora, KS	Norton, Graham, Phillips
Wray	162.475 MHz	Wray, CO	Yuma, Dundy, western Cheyenne, KS
Tribune	162.550 MHz	Tribune, KS	Greeley, Wichita, Hamilton, Kearny
Trenton	162.500 MHz	Trenton, NE	Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow, Hayes

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Weather Radio Codes
Specific Area Message Encoder (SAME)
State code = first three digits
County code = second three digits

Colorado		Kansas		Nebraska
Cheyenne Kit Carson Yuma	008017 008063 008125	Cheyenne Decatur Gove Graham Greeley Hamilton Kearny Logan Norton Phillips Rawlins Sheridan Sherman Thomas Wallace Wichita	020023 020039 020063 020065 020071 020075 020093 020109 020137 020147 020153 020179 020181 020193 020199 020203	Dundy Hayes Hitchcock Red Willow	031057 031085 031087 031145

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Broadcasts

Each transmitter follows the following standard broadcast schedule:

Synopsis for the next 24 to 36 hours
Seven-day forecast,
8 to 14 day outlook
Current observations.

During the morning hours, other forecasts and supplemental information are also available. Each transmitter carries a detailed daily climate summary and a roundup of high and low temperatures and 24 hour precipitation amounts from across the listening area.

During the spring and summer months, a Hazardous Weather Outlook is broadcast which gives storm spotters, emergency managers and the general public a detailed look at expected severe weather conditions for the day. This includes expected time of storm development, movement, and the anticipated thunderstorm threats.

When precipitation or other significant weather is occurring, Short Term Forecasts are broadcast before the seven-day forecast to give information on the type of precipitation, movement, and amount of rainfall (or snowfall) expected. Additionally, during severe weather, the routine broadcast will be interrupted to bring you the latest in real-time Watches, Statements, and Warnings in the Goodland County Warning Area.

For More Information

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