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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.525 MHz to hear WWF53, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Winfield area of Alabama. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Birmingham, AL. The transmitter site is listed as Guin. Its listed transmitter power is 850 watts.
The station's coverage area takes in 9 counties in Alabama and Mississippi; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette County | AL | 001057 |
Entire area |
| Lamar County | AL | 001075 |
Entire area |
| Marion County | AL | 001093 |
Entire area |
| Pickens County | AL | 001107 |
Entire area |
| Walker County | AL | 001127 |
Entire area |
| Winston County | AL | 001133 |
Entire area |
| Itawamba County | MS | 028057 |
Entire area |
| Lowndes County | MS | 028087 |
Entire area |
| Monroe County | MS | 028095 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WWF53
- Frequency
- 162.525 MHz
- Transmitter
- Winfield, AL
- Transmitter site
- Guin
- Power
- 850 watts
- NWS office
- Birmingham, AL
- Office address
- 465 Weather Vane Rd, Calera, AL 35040
- Office phone
- 205-664-3010
- Coverage
- 9 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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WWF53 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.525 MHz
- Transmitter
- Winfield, AL
- NWS office
- Birmingham, AL
- Covers
- 9 counties
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