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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.550 MHz to hear WXK54, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Augusta area of Georgia. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on WXK54 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Columbia, SC. The transmitter site is listed as Wrens. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 21 counties across Georgia and South Carolina, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burke County | GA | 013033 |
Entire area |
| Columbia County | GA | 013073 |
Entire area |
| Emanuel County | GA | 013107 |
Entire area |
| Glascock County | GA | 013125 |
Entire area |
| Hancock County | GA | 013141 |
Entire area |
| Jefferson County | GA | 013163 |
Entire area |
| Jenkins County | GA | 013165 |
Entire area |
| Johnson County | GA | 013167 |
Entire area |
| Lincoln County | GA | 013181 |
Entire area |
| McDuffie County | GA | 013189 |
Entire area |
| Richmond County | GA | 013245 |
Entire area |
| Screven County | GA | 013251 |
Entire area |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 013265 |
Entire area |
| Warren County | GA | 013301 |
Entire area |
| Washington County | GA | 013303 |
Entire area |
| Wilkes County | GA | 013317 |
East part |
| Aiken County | SC | 045003 |
Entire area |
| Allendale County | SC | 045005 |
Entire area |
| Barnwell County | SC | 045011 |
Entire area |
| Edgefield County | SC | 045037 |
Entire area |
| McCormick County | SC | 045065 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXK54
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Augusta, GA
- Transmitter site
- Wrens
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Columbia, SC
- Office address
- 2909 Aviation Way West, Columbia, SC 29170
- Office phone
- 803-822-8135
- Coverage
- 21 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Augusta, GA-Aiken, SC
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Location
WXK54 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz
- Transmitter
- Augusta, GA
- NWS office
- Columbia, SC
- Covers
- 21 counties
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