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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.525 MHz to hear WXL71, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Abilene area of Kansas. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Forecasts and warnings on WXL71 are produced by the National Weather Service office in Topeka, KS. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 9 counties across Kansas, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay County | KS | 020027 |
Entire area |
| Dickinson County | KS | 020041 |
Entire area |
| Geary County | KS | 020061 |
Entire area |
| Marion County | KS | 020115 |
Entire area |
| McPherson County | KS | 020113 |
Entire area |
| Morris County | KS | 020127 |
Entire area |
| Ottawa County | KS | 020143 |
Entire area |
| Riley County | KS | 020161 |
Entire area |
| Saline County | KS | 020169 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WXL71
- Frequency
- 162.525 MHz
- Transmitter
- Abilene, KS
- Power
- 1,000 watts
- NWS office
- Topeka, KS
- Office address
- 1116 NE Strait Avenue, Topeka, KS 66616
- Office phone
- 785-234-2592
- Coverage
- 9 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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WXL71 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.525 MHz
- Transmitter
- Abilene, KS
- NWS office
- Topeka, KS
- Covers
- 9 counties
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