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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.450 MHz to hear KWN50, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Ashburn area of Georgia. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Tallahassee, FL. Its listed transmitter power is 300 watts.
KWN50 covers 6 counties: Crisp County, Dougherty County, Lee County, Tift County, Turner County and Worth County. If your radio supports SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding), program the six-digit code for your county from the table below so it alerts only for warnings that affect you.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crisp County | GA | 013081 |
Entire area |
| Dougherty County | GA | 013095 |
Entire area |
| Lee County | GA | 013177 |
Entire area |
| Tift County | GA | 013277 |
Entire area |
| Turner County | GA | 013287 |
Entire area |
| Worth County | GA | 013321 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- KWN50
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- Ashburn, GA
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Tallahassee, FL
- Office address
- 1017 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32304
- Office phone
- 850-942-8833
- Coverage
- 6 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
KWN50 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- Ashburn, GA
- NWS office
- Tallahassee, FL
- Covers
- 6 counties
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