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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.550 MHz to hear WXK80, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Lafayette area of Louisiana. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Lake Charles, LA programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter itself stands at Youngsville. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 8 parishes across Louisiana, listed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia Parish | LA | 022001 |
Entire area |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 022039 |
Entire area |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 022045 |
Entire area |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 022055 |
Entire area |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 022097 |
Entire area |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 022099 |
Entire area |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 022101 |
Entire area |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 022113 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXK80
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Lafayette, LA
- Transmitter site
- Youngsville
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Lake Charles, LA
- Office address
- 500 Airport Blvd, Lake Charles, LA 70607
- Office phone
- 337-477-5285
- Coverage
- 8 parishes
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Lafayette, LA
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