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KXI95: NOAA Weather Radio for Warsaw, North Carolina

KXI95 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Warsaw (transmitter at Duplin County), broadcasting on 162.425 MHz at 300 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office's broadcast and covers 8 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignKXI95
Frequency162.425 MHz
TransmitterWarsaw (transmitter at Duplin County), North Carolina
Power300 watts
Forecast officeNWS Newport/Morehead City
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 KXI95 covers

CountyStateSAME code
BladenNorth Carolina037017
DuplinNorth Carolina037061
JonesNorth Carolina037103
LenoirNorth Carolina037107
OnslowNorth Carolina037133
PenderNorth Carolina037141
SampsonNorth Carolina037163
WayneNorth Carolina037191

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 KXI95

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

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