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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.450 MHz to hear WXM81, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Hermitage area of Missouri. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on WXM81 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Springfield, MO. The transmitter itself stands at Lake PomDeTerre. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 3 counties: Dallas County, Hickory County and Polk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas County | MO | 029059 |
Entire area |
| Hickory County | MO | 029085 |
Entire area |
| Polk County | MO | 029167 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXM81
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- Hermitage, MO
- Transmitter site
- Lake PomDeTerre
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Springfield, MO
- Office address
- 5805 West Highway EE, Springfield, MO 65802
- Office phone
- 417-863-8028
- Coverage
- 3 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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WXM81 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- Hermitage, MO
- NWS office
- Springfield, MO
- Covers
- 3 counties
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