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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.425 MHz to hear WZ2516, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Silver City area of New Mexico. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in El Paso, TX programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter itself stands at Jack's Peak. It transmits with 110 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 4 counties: Grant County, Hidalgo County, Luna County and Sierra County. If your radio supports SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding), program the six-digit code for your county from the table below so it alerts only for warnings that affect you.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant County | NM | 035017 |
Entire area |
| Hidalgo County | NM | 035023 |
Entire area |
| Luna County | NM | 035029 |
Entire area |
| Sierra County | NM | 035051 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WZ2516
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Silver City, NM
- Transmitter site
- Jack's Peak
- Power
- 110 watts
- NWS office
- El Paso, TX
- Office address
- 7955 Airport Rd, Santa Teresa, NM 88008
- Office phone
- 575-589-4088
- Coverage
- 4 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM
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