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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.400 MHz to hear WXK40, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Mankato area of Minnesota. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter site is listed as Janesville. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
The station's coverage area takes in 13 counties in Minnesota; the full list is in the table 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Earth County | MN | 027013 |
Entire area |
| Brown County | MN | 027015 |
Entire area |
| Dodge County | MN | 027039 |
Entire area |
| Faribault County | MN | 027043 |
Entire area |
| Freeborn County | MN | 027047 |
Entire area |
| Le Sueur County | MN | 027079 |
Entire area |
| Martin County | MN | 027091 |
Entire area |
| Mower County | MN | 027099 |
Entire area |
| Nicollet County | MN | 027103 |
Entire area |
| Rice County | MN | 027131 |
Entire area |
| Steele County | MN | 027147 |
Entire area |
| Waseca County | MN | 027161 |
Entire area |
| Watonwan County | MN | 027165 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXK40
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Mankato, MN
- Transmitter site
- Janesville
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN
- Office address
- 1733 Lake Drive West, Chanhassen, MN, 55317
- Office phone
- 952-361-6670
- Coverage
- 13 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Mankato, MN
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Location
WXK40 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Mankato, MN
- NWS office
- Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN
- Covers
- 13 counties
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