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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.400 MHz to hear WXL53, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Havre area of Montana. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on WXL53 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Great Falls, MT. The transmitter itself stands at Squaw Butte. Its listed transmitter power is 300 watts.
WXL53 covers 3 counties: Hill County, Blaine County (northwest part) and Chouteau County (north part). A weather radio with SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) only sounds an alert for the areas you program, so enter the six-digit SAME code for your county from the table below.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine County | MT | 030005 |
Northwest part |
| Chouteau County | MT | 030015 |
North part |
| Hill County | MT | 030041 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXL53
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Havre, MT
- Transmitter site
- Squaw Butte
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Great Falls, MT
- Office address
- 5324 Tri Hill Frontage Rd, Great Falls, MT 59404
- Office phone
- 406-453-2081
- Coverage
- 3 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WXL53 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz
- Transmitter
- Havre, MT
- NWS office
- Great Falls, MT
- Covers
- 3 counties
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