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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.400 MHz to hear KIH53, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Booneville area of Mississippi. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on KIH53 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Memphis, TN. The transmitter site is listed as Dumas. It transmits with 1,060 watts of power.
The station's coverage area takes in 12 counties in Mississippi and Tennessee; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcorn County | MS | 028003 |
Entire area |
| Benton County | MS | 028009 |
Entire area |
| Itawamba County | MS | 028057 |
Entire area |
| Lee County | MS | 028081 |
Entire area |
| Pontotoc County | MS | 028115 |
Entire area |
| Prentiss County | MS | 028117 |
Entire area |
| Tippah County | MS | 028139 |
Entire area |
| Tishomingo County | MS | 028141 |
Entire area |
| Union County | MS | 028145 |
Entire area |
| Hardeman County | TN | 047069 |
Entire area |
| Hardin County | TN | 047071 |
Entire area |
| McNairy County | TN | 047109 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- KIH53
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Booneville, MS
- Transmitter site
- Dumas
- Power
- 1,060 watts
- NWS office
- Memphis, TN
- Office address
- 7777 Walnut Grove Rd #1, Memphis, TN 38120
- Office phone
- 901-544-0399
- Coverage
- 12 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, MS
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Local news and weather radio in Mississippi · NOAA Weather Radio by state · TV and radio in the Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston, MS market
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Location
KIH53 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Booneville, MS
- NWS office
- Memphis, TN
- Covers
- 12 counties
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