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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.400 MHz to hear KIH55, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Montgomery 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 Waiq Tv. It transmits with 911 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 14 counties across Alabama, listed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autauga County | AL | 001001 |
Entire area |
| Bullock County | AL | 001011 |
Entire area |
| Butler County | AL | 001013 |
Entire area |
| Chilton County | AL | 001021 |
Entire area |
| Coosa County | AL | 001037 |
Entire area |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 001041 |
Entire area |
| Dallas County | AL | 001047 |
Entire area |
| Elmore County | AL | 001051 |
Entire area |
| Lowndes County | AL | 001085 |
Entire area |
| Macon County | AL | 001087 |
Entire area |
| Montgomery County | AL | 001101 |
Entire area |
| Pike County | AL | 001109 |
Entire area |
| Tallapoosa County | AL | 001123 |
Entire area |
| Wilcox County | AL | 001131 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- KIH55
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Montgomery, AL
- Transmitter site
- Waiq Tv
- Power
- 911 watts
- NWS office
- Birmingham, AL
- Office address
- 465 Weather Vane Rd, Calera, AL 35040
- Office phone
- 205-664-3010
- Coverage
- 14 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Montgomery-Selma, AL
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Location
KIH55 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Montgomery, AL
- NWS office
- Birmingham, AL
- Covers
- 14 counties
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