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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.500 MHz to hear WNG680, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Fergus Falls area of Minnesota. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on WNG680 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks, ND. Its listed transmitter power is 1,010 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 5 counties: Becker County, Clay County, Grant County, Otter Tail County and Wilkin County. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becker County | MN | 027005 |
Entire area |
| Clay County | MN | 027027 |
Entire area |
| Grant County | MN | 027051 |
Entire area |
| Otter Tail County | MN | 027111 |
Entire area |
| Wilkin County | MN | 027167 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WNG680
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Fergus Falls, MN
- Power
- 1,010 watts
- NWS office
- Grand Forks, ND
- Office address
- 4797 Technology Circle, Grand Forks, ND 58203
- Office phone
- 701-772-0720
- Coverage
- 5 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WNG680 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Fergus Falls, MN
- NWS office
- Grand Forks, ND
- Covers
- 5 counties
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