Dangerous Heat in the Central and Eastern U.S.; Severe Thunderstorms in the Great Lakes

Thunderstorms with strong wind gusts and hail will be possible today from Michigan into the Lower Great Lakes region. A significant and dangerous heat wave will expand from the Central U.S. into the Eastern U.S this weekend through much of next week. Numerous daily record highs and warm lows are likely. Read More >

KZZ-81 Lockport, 162.425 MHz

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio station, KZZ-81 serves portions of northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana including the Chicago Metropolitan Area, from a 1000 Watt transmitter in Lockport, IL. The nominal effective range of the transmitter is about 40 miles. Continuous 24 hour programming is provided from the National Weather Service Chicago Forecast Office, located in southwest suburban Romeoville.

A map of the listening area is shown below, with Specific Area Message Encoder codes shown for each county. Severe weather watches and warnings are tone-alerted for all counties shaded in blue. Tone alarm tests for KZZ-81 occur each WEDNESDAY at approximately 11 AM.

County

Lake (IL)

Kane

Cook

DuPage

Kendall

Will

Grundy

Kankakee

Lake (IN)

SAME code

017097
017089
017031
017043
017093
017197
017063
017091
018089

Signal coverage area map

Broadcast Cycle

Station ID Message
Regional Weather Synopsis	updated around 430 AM and 430 PM, or as needed
Hourly Temperature Roundup	updated between 5 and 10 min past the hour
Short Term Forecast	only when precipitation or active weather is near Chicagoland
Chicago Metro Forecast	updated 4 AM and 4 PM, or as needed
Chicago Climate Summary	6 AM to 10 AM and 430 PM to 7 PM
Severe Weather and other special programming during "active" weather

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Dangerous Heat in the Central and Eastern U.S.; Severe Thunderstorms in the Great Lakes

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio KZZ-81