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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.425 MHz to hear WNG601, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Rio Grande City area of Texas. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on WNG601 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley, TX. Its listed transmitter power is 600 watts.
WNG601 covers 2 counties: Starr County and Zapata County. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starr County | TX | 048427 |
Entire area |
| Zapata County | TX | 048505 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WNG601
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Rio Grande City, TX
- Power
- 600 watts
- NWS office
- Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley, TX
- Office address
- 20 S Vermillion Ave, Brownsville, TX 78521
- Office phone
- 956-504-1432
- Coverage
- 2 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Harlingen-Weslaco-Brownsville-McAllen, TX
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Location
WNG601 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Rio Grande City, TX
- NWS office
- Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley, TX
- Covers
- 2 counties
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