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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.400 MHz to hear WXK27, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Austin area of Texas. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Austin/San Antonio, TX programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. It transmits with 1,010 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 8 counties across Texas, listed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bastrop County | TX | 048021 |
Entire area |
| Blanco County | TX | 048031 |
Entire area |
| Burnet County | TX | 048053 |
Entire area |
| Caldwell County | TX | 048055 |
Entire area |
| Hays County | TX | 048209 |
Entire area |
| Lee County | TX | 048287 |
Entire area |
| Travis County | TX | 048453 |
Entire area |
| Williamson County | TX | 048491 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXK27
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Austin, TX
- Power
- 1,010 watts
- NWS office
- Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Office address
- 2090 Airport Rd, New Braunfels, TX 78130
- Office phone
- 830-629-0130
- Coverage
- 8 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Austin, TX
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Location
WXK27 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Austin, TX
- NWS office
- Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Covers
- 8 counties
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