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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.425 MHz to hear WNG685, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Norwood area of Minnesota. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN. The transmitter site is listed as Carver County. It transmits with 326 watts of power.
WNG685 covers 10 counties in Minnesota, each listed below with its SAME code. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver County | MN | 027019 |
Entire area |
| Hennepin County | MN | 027053 |
Entire area |
| Hennepin County | MN | 127053 |
Northwest part |
| Hennepin County | MN | 327053 |
Northeast part |
| Hennepin County | MN | 427053 |
West part |
| Hennepin County | MN | 527053 |
Central part |
| Hennepin County | MN | 627053 |
East part |
| Hennepin County | MN | 827053 |
South part |
| Le Sueur County | MN | 027079 |
Entire area |
| McLeod County | MN | 027085 |
Entire area |
| Meeker County | MN | 027093 |
Entire area |
| Nicollet County | MN | 027103 |
Entire area |
| Renville County | MN | 027129 |
Entire area |
| Scott County | MN | 027139 |
Entire area |
| Sibley County | MN | 027143 |
Entire area |
| Wright County | MN | 027171 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WNG685
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Norwood, MN
- Transmitter site
- Carver County
- Power
- 326 watts
- NWS office
- Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN
- Office address
- 1733 Lake Drive West, Chanhassen, MN, 55317
- Office phone
- 952-361-6670
- Coverage
- 10 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WNG685 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Norwood, MN
- NWS office
- Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN
- Covers
- 16 counties
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