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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.500 MHz to hear WXK83A, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Sebring area of Florida. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
The National Weather Service office in Tampa Bay Area, FL programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter site is listed as Avon Park. It transmits with 1,000 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 3 counties: Hardee County, Highlands County and Polk County (south part). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardee County | FL | 012049 |
Entire area |
| Highlands County | FL | 012055 |
Entire area |
| Polk County | FL | 012105 |
South part |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXK83A
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Sebring, FL
- Transmitter site
- Avon Park
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Tampa Bay Area, FL
- Office address
- 2525 14th Ave SE, Ruskin, FL 33570
- Office phone
- 813-645-2323
- Coverage
- 3 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WXK83A at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.500 MHz
- Transmitter
- Sebring, FL
- NWS office
- Tampa Bay Area, FL
- Covers
- 3 counties
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