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WNG554: NOAA Weather Radio for Winchester, Tennessee

WNG554 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Winchester (transmitter at Belvidere), broadcasting on 162.525 MHz at 1000 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Huntsville office's broadcast and covers 9 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.

CallsignWNG554
Frequency162.525 MHz
TransmitterWinchester (transmitter at Belvidere), Tennessee
Power1000 watts
Forecast officeNWS Huntsville
StatusNormal (NWS data, July 2026)

Marine radios often label 162.525 MHz as WX7, but WX channel numbers vary by brand - go by the frequency.

Counties WNG554 covers

CountyStateSAME code
JacksonAlabama001071
LimestoneAlabama001083
MadisonAlabama001089
BedfordTennessee047003
CoffeeTennessee047031
FranklinTennessee047051
GrundyTennessee047061
LincolnTennessee047103
MooreTennessee047127

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 WNG554

Any receiver that tunes 162.525 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 Tennessee transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Tennessee. Or look any county up with the finder.

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