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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.550 MHz to hear KHB36, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Manassas area of Virginia. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on KHB36 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Baltimore/Washington, VA. The transmitter itself stands at Independent Hill. Its listed transmitter power is 1,010 watts.
The station's coverage area takes in 28 counties in District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia; the full list is in the table below. A weather radio with SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) only sounds an alert for the areas you program, so enter the six-digit SAME code for your county from the table below.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia County | DC | 011001 |
Entire area |
| Calvert County | MD | 024009 |
Entire area |
| Charles County | MD | 024017 |
Entire area |
| Frederick County | MD | 024021 |
Entire area |
| Montgomery County | MD | 024031 |
Entire area |
| Prince Georges County | MD | 024033 |
Entire area |
| St. Marys County | MD | 024037 |
Northwest part |
| Arlington County | VA | 051013 |
Entire area |
| City of Alexandria | VA | 051510 |
Entire area |
| City of Fairfax | VA | 051600 |
Entire area |
| City of Falls Church | VA | 051610 |
Entire area |
| City of Fredericksburg | VA | 051630 |
Entire area |
| City of Manassas Park | VA | 051685 |
Entire area |
| City of Manassas | VA | 051683 |
Entire area |
| Clarke County | VA | 051043 |
Southeast part |
| Culpeper County | VA | 051047 |
Entire area |
| Fairfax County | VA | 051059 |
Entire area |
| Fauquier County | VA | 051061 |
Entire area |
| King George County | VA | 051099 |
Entire area |
| Loudoun County | VA | 051107 |
Entire area |
| Madison County | VA | 051113 |
Entire area |
| Orange County | VA | 051137 |
Central and east parts |
| Page County | VA | 051139 |
Entire area |
| Prince William County | VA | 051153 |
Entire area |
| Rappahannock County | VA | 051157 |
Entire area |
| Spotsylvania County | VA | 051177 |
Entire area |
| Stafford County | VA | 051179 |
Entire area |
| Warren County | VA | 051187 |
East part |
Station details
- Call sign
- KHB36
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Manassas, VA
- Transmitter site
- Independent Hill
- Power
- 1,010 watts
- NWS office
- Baltimore/Washington, VA
- Office address
- 43858 Weather Service Road, Sterling, VA 20166
- Office phone
- 703-996-2200
- Coverage
- 28 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Washington, DC (Hagerstown, MD)
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Location
KHB36 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Manassas, VA
- NWS office
- Baltimore/Washington, VA
- Covers
- 28 counties
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