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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.550 MHz to hear WXK48, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Chattanooga area of Tennessee. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Morristown, TN programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 17 counties across Georgia and Tennessee, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catoosa County | GA | 013047 |
Entire area |
| Chattooga County | GA | 013055 |
Entire area |
| Dade County | GA | 013083 |
Entire area |
| Gordon County | GA | 013129 |
Entire area |
| Murray County | GA | 013213 |
Entire area |
| Walker County | GA | 013295 |
Entire area |
| Whitfield County | GA | 013313 |
Entire area |
| Bledsoe County | TN | 047007 |
Entire area |
| Bradley County | TN | 047011 |
Entire area |
| Hamilton County | TN | 047065 |
Entire area |
| Marion County | TN | 047115 |
Entire area |
| McMinn County | TN | 047107 |
Entire area |
| Meigs County | TN | 047121 |
Entire area |
| Monroe County | TN | 047123 |
Entire area |
| Polk County | TN | 047139 |
Entire area |
| Rhea County | TN | 047143 |
Entire area |
| Sequatchie County | TN | 047153 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXK48
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Chattanooga, TN
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Morristown, TN
- Office address
- 5974 Commerce Blvd, Talbott, TN 37877
- Office phone
- 423-586-3771
- Coverage
- 17 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Chattanooga, TN
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Location
WXK48 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Chattanooga, TN
- NWS office
- Morristown, TN
- Covers
- 17 counties
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