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 |
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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
