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KZZ30: NOAA Weather Radio for El Dorado Springs, Missouri

KZZ30 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at El Dorado Springs, broadcasting on 162.475 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Springfield office's broadcast and covers 11 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignKZZ30
Frequency162.475 MHz
TransmitterEl Dorado Springs, Missouri
Power1000 watts
Forecast officeNWS Springfield
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.475 MHz as WX3, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties KZZ30 covers

CountyStateSAME codeNote
BourbonKansas020011
CrawfordKansas020037NE
BartonMissouri029011
BatesMissouri029013
BentonMissouri029015
CedarMissouri029039
DadeMissouri029057
HickoryMissouri029085
PolkMissouri029167
St. ClairMissouri029185
VernonMissouri029217

A county marked with a note (for example partial coverage) is served for that portion only. 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 KZZ30

Any receiver that tunes 162.475 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 Missouri transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Missouri. Or look any county up with the finder.

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