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Overview
Tune a weather radio to 162.475 MHz to hear WZ2541, the NOAA Weather Radio station serving the Pharr Spanish area of Texas. It carries National Weather Service forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day.
Its broadcasts come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley, TX. The transmitter site is listed as Pharr. It transmits with 300 watts of power.
Its signal is meant to serve 4 counties: Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Starr County and Willacy County. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron County | TX | 048061 |
Entire area |
| Hidalgo County | TX | 048215 |
Entire area |
| Starr County | TX | 048427 |
Entire area |
| Willacy County | TX | 048489 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WZ2541
- Frequency
- 162.475 MHz
- Transmitter
- Pharr Spanish, TX
- Transmitter site
- Pharr
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley, TX
- Office address
- 20 S Vermillion Ave, Brownsville, TX 78521
- Office phone
- 956-504-1432
- Coverage
- 4 counties
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WZ2541 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.475 MHz
- Transmitter
- Pharr Spanish, TX
- NWS office
- Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley, TX
- Covers
- 4 counties
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