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Overview
WZ2561 is the NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards transmitter for St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. It broadcasts National Weather Service forecasts, watches and warnings around the clock on 162.450 MHz.
The National Weather Service office in San Juan, PR programs the station and issues the warnings it airs. The transmitter site is listed as Charlotte Amalie. Its listed transmitter power is 300 watts.
Its signal is meant to serve 1 county: St. Thomas County. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Thomas County | VI | 078030 |
Entire area |
Station details
- Call sign
- WZ2561
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- St. Thomas, VI
- Transmitter site
- Charlotte Amalie
- Power
- 300 watts
- NWS office
- San Juan, PR
- Office address
- 5000 Expreso Rom n Baldorioty de Castro, Carolina, PR 00979
- Office phone
- 787-253-4586
- Coverage
- 1 county
- Station page
- weather.gov/nwr
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Location
WZ2561 at a glance
- Frequency
- 162.450 MHz
- Transmitter
- St. Thomas, VI
- NWS office
- San Juan, PR
- Covers
- 1 county
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