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WXM42 NOAA Weather Radio 162.475 MHz – Hagerstown, MD

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WXM42 NOAA Weather Radio 162.475 MHz – Hagerstown, MD

Overview

Tune a weather radio to 162.475 MHz to hear WXM42, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Hagerstown area of Maryland. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.

Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Baltimore/Washington, VA. The transmitter itself stands at Clear Spring. Its listed transmitter power is 1,000 watts.

Its signal is meant to serve 22 counties across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, listed below. 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
Allegany County MD 024001 Entire area
Carroll County MD 024013 Northwest part
Frederick County MD 024021 Entire area
Washington County MD 024043 Entire area
Adams County PA 042001 West half
Bedford County PA 042009 Southeast half
Franklin County PA 042055 Not north part
Fulton County PA 042057 Entire area
City of Winchester VA 051840 Entire area
Clarke County VA 051043 Entire area
Fauquier County VA 051061 Entire area
Frederick County VA 051069 Entire area
Loudoun County VA 051107 Northwest half
Page County VA 051139 Entire area
Shenandoah County VA 051171 Northeast half
Warren County VA 051187 Central and north parts
Berkeley County WV 054003 Entire area
Hampshire County WV 054027 Entire area
Hardy County WV 054031 Northeast part
Jefferson County WV 054037 Entire area
Mineral County WV 054057 Central and east parts
Morgan County WV 054065 Entire area

Station details

Call sign
WXM42
Frequency
162.475 MHz
Transmitter
Hagerstown, MD
Transmitter site
Clear Spring
Power
1,000 watts
NWS office
Baltimore/Washington, VA
Office address
43858 Weather Service Road, Sterling, VA 20166
Office phone
703-996-2200
Coverage
22 counties
Station page
weather.gov/nwr
TV market
Washington, DC (Hagerstown, MD)

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WXM42 at a glance

Frequency
162.475 MHz
Transmitter
Hagerstown, MD
NWS office
Baltimore/Washington, VA
Covers
22 counties
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