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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.550 MHz to hear KIH49, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Meridian area of Mississippi. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Jackson, MS. The transmitter site is listed as Rose Hill. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
The station's coverage area takes in 13 counties in Alabama and Mississippi; the full list is in the table below. SAME-capable weather radios filter alerts by county: program the six-digit SAME code listed below for each county you want alerts for.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choctaw County | AL | 001023 |
Entire area |
| Sumter County | AL | 001119 |
Entire area |
| Clarke County | MS | 028023 |
Entire area |
| Covington County | MS | 028031 |
Entire area |
| Jasper County | MS | 028061 |
Entire area |
| Jones County | MS | 028067 |
Entire area |
| Kemper County | MS | 028069 |
Entire area |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 028075 |
Entire area |
| Neshoba County | MS | 028099 |
Entire area |
| Newton County | MS | 028101 |
Entire area |
| Scott County | MS | 028123 |
Entire area |
| Smith County | MS | 028129 |
Entire area |
| Wayne County | MS | 028153 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- KIH49
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Meridian, MS
- Transmitter site
- Rose Hill
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Jackson, MS
- Office address
- 234 Weather Service Dr, Flowood, MS 39232
- Office phone
- 601-936-2189
- Coverage
- 13 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Meridian, MS
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Location
KIH49 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Meridian, MS
- NWS office
- Jackson, MS
- Covers
- 13 counties
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