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KGG99: NOAA Weather Radio for Lexington, Nebraska

KGG99 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Lexington, broadcasting on 162.425 MHz at 405 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Hastings office's broadcast and covers 4 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignKGG99
Frequency162.425 MHz
TransmitterLexington, Nebraska
Power405 watts
Forecast officeNWS Hastings
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 KGG99 covers

CountyStateSAME code
DawsonNebraska031047
FrontierNebraska031063
GosperNebraska031073
PhelpsNebraska031137

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 KGG99

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

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