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Overview
KEC56 is the NOAA Weather Radio station for Dallas, Texas, on 162.400 MHz. Like every station in the network, it airs continuous weather information and emergency alerts from the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service office in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. Its listed transmitter power is 1,040 watts.
KEC56 covers 12 counties in Texas, each listed below with its SAME code. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosque County | TX | 048035 |
Entire area |
| Collin County | TX | 048085 |
Entire area |
| Dallas County | TX | 048113 |
Entire area |
| Denton County | TX | 048121 |
Entire area |
| Ellis County | TX | 048139 |
Entire area |
| Hill County | TX | 048217 |
Entire area |
| Hood County | TX | 048221 |
Entire area |
| Hunt County | TX | 048231 |
Entire area |
| Kaufman County | TX | 048257 |
Entire area |
| Parker County | TX | 048367 |
Entire area |
| Rockwall County | TX | 048397 |
Entire area |
| Tarrant County | TX | 048439 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- KEC56
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Dallas, TX
- Power
- 1,040 watts
- NWS office
- Fort Worth-Dallas, TX
- Office address
- 3401 Northern Cross Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76137
- Office phone
- 817-429-2631
- Coverage
- 12 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
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Location
KEC56 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Dallas, TX
- NWS office
- Fort Worth-Dallas, TX
- Covers
- 12 counties
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