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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.450 MHz to hear WXL99, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Medill area of Missouri. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Quad Cities, IA programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter itself stands at Kahoka. It transmits with 300 watts of power.
The station's coverage area takes in 8 counties in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri; the full list is in the table below. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee County | IA | 019111 |
Entire area |
| Van Buren County | IA | 019177 |
Entire area |
| Adams County | IL | 017001 |
Northwest part |
| Hancock County | IL | 017067 |
Entire area |
| Clark County | MO | 029045 |
Entire area |
| Knox County | MO | 029103 |
Entire area |
| Lewis County | MO | 029111 |
Entire area |
| Scotland County | MO | 029199 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXL99
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- Medill, MO
- Transmitter site
- Kahoka
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Quad Cities, IA
- Office address
- 9040 Harrison Street (Davenport Municipal Airport), Davenport, IA, 52806
- Office phone
- 563-386-3976
- Coverage
- 8 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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WXL99 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- Medill, MO
- NWS office
- Quad Cities, IA
- Covers
- 8 counties
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