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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.400 MHz to hear WXK61, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Cookeville area of Tennessee. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Nashville, TN. The transmitter site is listed as Anderson. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
The station's coverage area takes in 12 counties in Tennessee; the full list is in the table below. If your radio supports SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding), program the six-digit code for your county from the table below so it alerts only for warnings that affect you.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County | TN | 047027 |
Entire area |
| Cumberland County | TN | 047035 |
Entire area |
| DeKalb County | TN | 047041 |
Entire area |
| Fentress County | TN | 047049 |
Entire area |
| Jackson County | TN | 047087 |
Entire area |
| Overton County | TN | 047133 |
Entire area |
| Pickett County | TN | 047137 |
Entire area |
| Putnam County | TN | 047141 |
Entire area |
| Smith County | TN | 047159 |
Entire area |
| Trousdale County | TN | 047169 |
Entire area |
| Van Buren County | TN | 047175 |
Central and east part |
| White County | TN | 047185 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXK61
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Cookeville, TN
- Transmitter site
- Anderson
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Nashville, TN
- Office address
- 500 Weather Station Rd, Old Hickory, TN 37138
- Office phone
- 615-754-8500
- Coverage
- 12 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
- TV market
- Nashville, TN
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Location
WXK61 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Cookeville, TN
- NWS office
- Nashville, TN
- Covers
- 12 counties
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