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WNG588: NOAA Weather Radio for Mount Jefferson, North Carolina

WNG588 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Mount Jefferson (transmitter at Ashe County), broadcasting on 162.500 MHz at 300 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Blacksburg office's broadcast and covers 14 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignWNG588
Frequency162.500 MHz
TransmitterMount Jefferson (transmitter at Ashe County), North Carolina
Power300 watts
Forecast officeNWS Blacksburg
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 WNG588 covers

CountyStateSAME code
AlexanderNorth Carolina037003
AlleghanyNorth Carolina037005
AsheNorth Carolina037009
CaldwellNorth Carolina037027
CatawbaNorth Carolina037035
DavieNorth Carolina037059
IredellNorth Carolina037097
SurryNorth Carolina037171
WataugaNorth Carolina037189
WilkesNorth Carolina037193
YadkinNorth Carolina037197
JohnsonTennessee047091
GraysonVirginia051077
WashingtonVirginia051191

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 WNG588

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 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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