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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.425 MHz to hear WZ2527, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Fredericksburg area of Virginia. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Baltimore/Washington, VA programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. It transmits with 300 watts of power.
WZ2527 covers 15 counties in Maryland and Virginia, each listed below with its SAME code. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles County | MD | 024017 |
Entire area |
| St. Marys County | MD | 024037 |
Entire area |
| Caroline County | VA | 051033 |
Entire area |
| City of Fredericksburg | VA | 051630 |
Entire area |
| City of Manassas Park | VA | 051685 |
Entire area |
| City of Manassas | VA | 051683 |
Entire area |
| Culpeper County | VA | 051047 |
Entire area |
| Essex County | VA | 051057 |
Entire area |
| Fauquier County | VA | 051061 |
Entire area |
| King George County | VA | 051099 |
Entire area |
| Orange County | VA | 051137 |
Entire area |
| Prince William County | VA | 051153 |
Entire area |
| Spotsylvania County | VA | 051177 |
Entire area |
| Stafford County | VA | 051179 |
Entire area |
| Westmoreland County | VA | 051193 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WZ2527
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Fredericksburg, VA
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Baltimore/Washington, VA
- Office address
- 43858 Weather Service Road, Sterling, VA 20166
- Office phone
- 703-996-2200
- Coverage
- 15 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WZ2527 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Fredericksburg, VA
- NWS office
- Baltimore/Washington, VA
- Covers
- 15 counties
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