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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.525 MHz to hear WXL23, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Lead area of South Dakota. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on WXL23 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Rapid City, SD. The transmitter site is listed as Terry Peak. It transmits with 300 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 7 counties across Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming, listed below. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carter County | MT | 030011 |
Entire area |
| Butte County | SD | 046019 |
Entire area |
| Harding County | SD | 046063 |
Entire area |
| Lawrence County | SD | 046081 |
Entire area |
| Pennington County | SD | 046103 |
Entire area |
| Pennington County | SD | 446103 |
West part |
| Crook County | WY | 056011 |
Entire area |
| Weston County | WY | 056045 |
Northeast part |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXL23
- Frequency
- 162.525 MHz
- Transmitter
- Lead, SD
- Transmitter site
- Terry Peak
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Rapid City, SD
- Office address
- 300 East Signal Drive, Rapid City, SD 57701
- Office phone
- 605-341-9271
- Coverage
- 7 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Rapid City, SD
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Location
WXL23 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.525 MHz
- Transmitter
- Lead, SD
- NWS office
- Rapid City, SD
- Covers
- 8 counties
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