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WWH24: NOAA Weather Radio for Toccoa, Georgia

WWH24 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Toccoa (transmitter at Currahee Mtn.), broadcasting on 162.425 MHz at 100 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg office's broadcast and covers 9 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignWWH24
Frequency162.425 MHz
TransmitterToccoa (transmitter at Currahee Mtn.), Georgia
Power100 watts
Forecast officeNWS Greenville-Spartanburg
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.425 MHz as WX4, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties WWH24 covers

CountyStateSAME code
BanksGeorgia013011
FranklinGeorgia013119
HabershamGeorgia013137
HallGeorgia013139
HartGeorgia013147
RabunGeorgia013241
StephensGeorgia013257
WhiteGeorgia013311
OconeeSouth Carolina045073

Program the six-digit code into your radio's SAME location list - the SAME code guide walks through it, and how alert radios work explains what the radio does with it.

Hearing WWH24

Any receiver that tunes 162.425 MHz FM can listen: scanners, VHF ham radios, marine sets, or a software-defined receiver. What those do not do is wake you at 3 a.m. - for that you want a dedicated radio with SAME alerting, covered in the buyer's guide.

Every Georgia transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Georgia. Or look any county up with the finder.

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