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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.425 MHz to hear WWG40, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Bay City area of Texas. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Houston/Galveston, TX programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 4 counties: Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Matagorda County and Wharton County. SAME-capable weather radios filter alerts by county: program the six-digit SAME code listed below for each county you want alerts for.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazoria County | TX | 048039 |
Entire area |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 048157 |
Entire area |
| Matagorda County | TX | 048321 |
Entire area |
| Wharton County | TX | 048481 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WWG40
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Bay City, TX
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Houston/Galveston, TX
- Office address
- 1353 FM646, Dickinson, TX 77539
- Office phone
- 281-337-5074
- Coverage
- 4 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WWG40 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Bay City, TX
- NWS office
- Houston/Galveston, TX
- Covers
- 4 counties
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