NOAA Radio

Do you have a Weather Radio?

The National Weather Service broadcasts warnings, watches and forecasts (as well as other hazard information) 24 hours a day. Known as the "voice of the national weather service", NOAA Weather Radio is provided as a public service by the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). We strongly recommend that every home be equipped with an alerting style NOAA Weather Radio. The various features and functions are described below.

In Tazewell County, NOAA Weather Radio is broadcast on the frequency of 162.475 MHz. The FIPS codes required to program the NWR-SAME radio receivers. See below for more discussion on the new NWR-SAME receivers.

The NOAA Weather Radio network has more than 425 stations in the 50 states and near adjacent coastal waters, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and U.S. Pacific Territories.