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KWN41: NOAA Weather Radio for Shubert, Nebraska

KWN41 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Shubert, broadcasting on 162.500 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Omaha/Valley office's broadcast and covers 10 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignKWN41
Frequency162.500 MHz
TransmitterShubert, Nebraska
Power1000 watts
Forecast officeNWS Omaha/Valley
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.500 MHz as WX6, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties KWN41 covers

CountyStateSAME code
BrownKansas020013
DoniphanKansas020043
NemahaKansas020131
AtchisonMissouri029005
HoltMissouri029087
JohnsonNebraska031097
NemahaNebraska031127
OtoeNebraska031131
PawneeNebraska031133
RichardsonNebraska031147

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 KWN41

Any receiver that tunes 162.500 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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