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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.425 MHz to hear WXL22, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Princeton area of Illinois. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on WXL22 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Quad Cities, IA. The transmitter site is listed as Tiskilwa. Its listed transmitter power is 300 watts.
The station's coverage area takes in 8 counties in Illinois; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bureau County | IL | 017011 |
Entire area |
| Henry County | IL | 017073 |
East part |
| La Salle County | IL | 017099 |
West part |
| Lee County | IL | 017103 |
South part |
| Marshall County | IL | 017123 |
Entire area |
| Putnam County | IL | 017155 |
Entire area |
| Stark County | IL | 017175 |
Entire area |
| Whiteside County | IL | 017195 |
Southeast part |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXL22
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Princeton, IL
- Transmitter site
- Tiskilwa
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Quad Cities, IA
- Office address
- 9040 Harrison Street (Davenport Municipal Airport), Davenport, IA, 52806
- Office phone
- 563-386-3976
- Coverage
- 8 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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WXL22 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.425 MHz
- Transmitter
- Princeton, IL
- NWS office
- Quad Cities, IA
- Covers
- 8 counties
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