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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.500 MHz to hear WXM40, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Lowry area of South Dakota. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Aberdeen, SD programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter itself stands at Selby. It transmits with 1,000 watts of power.
The station's coverage area takes in 11 counties in North Dakota and South Dakota; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmons County | ND | 038029 |
Entire area |
| McIntosh County | ND | 038051 |
Entire area |
| Campbell County | SD | 046021 |
Entire area |
| Corson County | SD | 046031 |
Entire area |
| Dewey County | SD | 046041 |
Entire area |
| Edmunds County | SD | 046045 |
Entire area |
| Faulk County | SD | 046049 |
Entire area |
| McPherson County | SD | 046089 |
Entire area |
| Potter County | SD | 046107 |
Entire area |
| Sully County | SD | 046119 |
Entire area |
| Walworth County | SD | 046129 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXM40
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Lowry, SD
- Transmitter site
- Selby
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Aberdeen, SD
- Office address
- 824 Brown County 14, South Aberdeen, SD 57401
- Office phone
- 605-225-0519
- Coverage
- 11 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Sioux Falls-Mitchell, SD
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Location
WXM40 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Lowry, SD
- NWS office
- Aberdeen, SD
- Covers
- 11 counties
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