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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.400 MHz to hear WXL83, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Minot area of North Dakota. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Bismarck, ND. The transmitter site is listed as South Prarie. It transmits with 1,000 watts of power.
The station's coverage area takes in 9 counties in North Dakota; the full list is in the table 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottineau County | ND | 038009 |
Entire area |
| Burke County | ND | 038013 |
Entire area |
| McHenry County | ND | 038049 |
Entire area |
| McLean County | ND | 038055 |
Entire area |
| Mountrail County | ND | 038061 |
Entire area |
| Pierce County | ND | 038069 |
Entire area |
| Renville County | ND | 038075 |
Entire area |
| Rolette County | ND | 038079 |
Entire area |
| Ward County | ND | 038101 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXL83
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Minot, ND
- Transmitter site
- South Prarie
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Bismarck, ND
- Office address
- 2301 University Drive Building 27, Bismarck, ND 58504
- Office phone
- 701-250-4224
- Coverage
- 9 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson (Williston), ND
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Location
WXL83 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Minot, ND
- NWS office
- Bismarck, ND
- Covers
- 9 counties
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