KIH61: NOAA Weather Radio for Omaha, Nebraska
KIH61 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Omaha, broadcasting on 162.400 MHz at 991 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Omaha/Valley 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.
| Callsign | KIH61 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.400 MHz |
| Transmitter | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Power | 991 watts |
| Forecast office | NWS Omaha/Valley |
| 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 KIH61 covers
| County | State | SAME code |
|---|---|---|
| Harrison | Iowa | 019085 |
| Mills | Iowa | 019129 |
| Pottawattamie | Iowa | 019155 |
| Burt | Nebraska | 031021 |
| Cass | Nebraska | 031025 |
| Dodge | Nebraska | 031053 |
| Douglas | Nebraska | 031055 |
| Otoe | Nebraska | 031131 |
| Sarpy | Nebraska | 031153 |
| Saunders | Nebraska | 031155 |
| Washington | Nebraska | 031177 |
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 KIH61
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 Nebraska transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Nebraska. 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.