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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.550 MHz to hear KHB40, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Galveston area of Texas. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Houston/Galveston, TX programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
The station's coverage area takes in 5 counties: Brazoria County, Chambers County, Fort Bend County, Galveston County and Harris County. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazoria County | TX | 048039 |
Entire area |
| Chambers County | TX | 048071 |
Entire area |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 048157 |
Entire area |
| Galveston County | TX | 048167 |
Entire area |
| Harris County | TX | 048201 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- KHB40
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Galveston, TX
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Houston/Galveston, TX
- Office address
- 1353 FM646, Dickinson, TX 77539
- Office phone
- 281-337-5074
- Coverage
- 5 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Houston, TX
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Location
KHB40 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Galveston, TX
- NWS office
- Houston/Galveston, TX
- Covers
- 5 counties
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