WXL47: NOAA Weather Radio for Bloomfield, Missouri
WXL47 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Bloomfield (transmitter at Idalia/Sikeston), broadcasting on 162.400 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Paducah office's broadcast and covers 7 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.
| Callsign | WXL47 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.400 MHz |
| Transmitter | Bloomfield (transmitter at Idalia/Sikeston), Missouri |
| Power | 1000 watts |
| Forecast office | NWS Paducah |
| Status | Normal (NWS data, July 2026) |
Marine radios often label 162.400 MHz as WX2, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.
Counties WXL47 covers
| County | State | SAME code |
|---|---|---|
| Butler | Missouri | 029023 |
| Dunklin | Missouri | 029069 |
| Mississippi | Missouri | 029133 |
| New Madrid | Missouri | 029143 |
| Scott | Missouri | 029201 |
| Stoddard | Missouri | 029207 |
| Wayne | Missouri | 029223 |
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 WXL47
Any receiver that tunes 162.400 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.
Sources:
- “NWR County Coverage Listings”. weather.gov. Archived from the original on 2026-07-19. Retrieved 2026-07-16. Every figure on this page - frequency, transmitter site, power, operational status, and county SAME codes - is from this dataset. Transmitters move, change power, and go down for maintenance; verify locally before you rely on it.