KEC56: NOAA Weather Radio for Dallas, Texas
KEC56 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Dallas, broadcasting on 162.400 MHz at 1040 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Fort Worth-Dallas office's broadcast and covers 12 counties, each listed below with the SAME code an alert radio needs to wake for that county and stay quiet for the rest.
| Callsign | KEC56 |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 162.400 MHz |
| Transmitter | Dallas, Texas |
| Power | 1040 watts |
| Forecast office | NWS Fort Worth-Dallas |
| 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 KEC56 covers
| County | State | SAME code |
|---|---|---|
| Bosque | Texas | 048035 |
| Collin | Texas | 048085 |
| Dallas | Texas | 048113 |
| Denton | Texas | 048121 |
| Ellis | Texas | 048139 |
| Hill | Texas | 048217 |
| Hood | Texas | 048221 |
| Hunt | Texas | 048231 |
| Kaufman | Texas | 048257 |
| Parker | Texas | 048367 |
| Rockwall | Texas | 048397 |
| Tarrant | Texas | 048439 |
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 KEC56
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 Texas transmitter, county and SAME code: NOAA Weather Radio in Texas. 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.