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KWN32: NOAA Weather Radio for Gilmer, Texas

KWN32 is the NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Gilmer (transmitter at Longview), broadcasting on 162.425 MHz at 1060 watts. It carries the National Weather Service Shreveport 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.

CallsignKWN32
Frequency162.425 MHz
TransmitterGilmer (transmitter at Longview), Texas
Power1060 watts
Forecast officeNWS Shreveport
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 KWN32 covers

CountyStateSAME code
CampTexas048063
CassTexas048067
FranklinTexas048159
GreggTexas048183
HarrisonTexas048203
MarionTexas048315
MorrisTexas048343
TitusTexas048449
UpshurTexas048459
WoodTexas048499

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 KWN32

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

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