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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.525 MHz to hear KWN56, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Steamboat Springs area of Colorado. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on KWN56 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Grand Junction, CO. The transmitter itself stands at Walton Peak. Its listed transmitter power is 300 watts.
The station's coverage area takes in 5 counties: Jackson County, Routt County, Grand County (west half), Moffat County (east quarter) and Summit County (north two-thirds). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand County | CO | 008049 |
West half |
| Jackson County | CO | 008057 |
Entire area |
| Moffat County | CO | 008081 |
East quarter |
| Routt County | CO | 008107 |
Entire area |
| Summit County | CO | 008117 |
North two-thirds |
Station details
- Call sign
- KWN56
- Frequency
- 162.525 MHz
- Transmitter
- Steamboat Springs, CO
- Transmitter site
- Walton Peak
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Grand Junction, CO
- Office address
- 2844 Aviators Way, Grand Junction, CO 81506
- Office phone
- 970-243-7007
- Coverage
- 5 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
KWN56 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.525 MHz
- Transmitter
- Steamboat Springs, CO
- NWS office
- Grand Junction, CO
- Covers
- 5 counties
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