Weather Radio

Weather Radio

WARN believes NOAA weather alert receivers provide the best option for personal severe weather warning. For homes and businesses, they are much more effective than depending on outdoor warning sirens. Outdoor warning sirens are only effective when/where they can be heard.

SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) receivers allow you to program which counties for which you wish to receive alerts. Even though they are more expensive, we highly recommend this newer style radio. Since you only receive alerts of interest to you, fewer people tend to get complacent and turn them off.

Some people have stated that they can't find the codes for area counties. (It's also important to set your radio to the frequency (channel) that covers your area with the best signal. Transmitters only send alerts for counties in their coverage area.) Here is a list of local SAME county codes:

County	SAME #	Frequency MHz	Transmitter Location	Callsign	Station Power
INDIANA
Dearborn	018029	162.550	Covington KY	KIH42	1000 W
Franklin	018047	162.550 162.500	Covington KY Richmond IN	KIH42 KHB52	1000 W 300 W
Ohio	018115	162.550	Covington KY	KIH42	1000 W
Ripley	018137	162.550	Covington KY	KIH42	1000 W
Switzerland	018155	162.550 162.450	Covington KY Owenton KY	KIH42 KZZ48	1000 W 300 W
KENTUCKY
Boone	021015	162.550 162.450	Covington KY Owenton KY	KIH42 KZZ48	1000 W 300 W
Bracken	021023	162.550 162.425	Covington KY Maysville KY	KIH42 KZZ49	1000 W 300 W
Campbell	021037	162.550	Covington KY	KIH42	1000 W
Carroll	021041	162.450	Owenton KY	KZZ48	300 W
Gallatin	021077	162.550 162.450	Covington KY Owenton KY	KIH42 KZZ48	1000 W 300 W
Grant	021081	162.550 162.450	Covington KY Owenton KY	KIH42 KZZ48	1000 W 300 W
Kenton	021117	162.550	Covington KY	KIH42	1000 W
Owen	021187	162.550 162.450	Covington KY Owenton KY	KIH42 KZZ48	1000 W 300 W
Pendleton	021191	162.550 162.450	Covington KY Owenton KY	KIH42 KZZ48	1000 W 300 W
OHIO
Brown	039015	162.550 162.525 162.425	Covington KY Otway OH Maysville KY	KIH42 WXM69 KZZ49	1000 W 1000 W 300 W
Butler	039017	162.550 162.475	Covington KY Dayton OH	KIH42 WXJ46	1000 W 1000 W
Clermont	039025	162.550	Covington KY	KIH42	1000 W
Clinton	039027	162.550 162.475	Covington KY Dayton OH	KIH42 WXJ46	1000 W 1000 W
Hamilton	039061	162.550	Covington KY	KIH42	1000 W
Warren	039165	162.550 162.475	Covington KY Dayton OH	KIH42 WXJ46	1000 W 1000 W

For counties not listed here, the National Weather Service maintains a list of all codes for the United States and its territories at:

NWR County Coverage Listings