Weather radio in Florida

KHB32: NOAA Weather Radio, Tampa Bay

162.550 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

KHB32 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.550 MHz (WX1 on most receivers) from Tampa Bay, with the transmitter at Ruskin, Florida, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in Tampa Bay Area, FL programs it. It covers 6 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KHB32 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

  • On the air
  • Degraded
  • Off the air

The transmitter

Call sign
KHB32
Frequency
162.550 MHz (WX1)
Power
1,000 W
Status
On the air
Station
Tampa Bay
Transmitter site
Ruskin
State
Florida
NWS office
Tampa Bay Area, FL
Location
27.8425, -82.2625

Counties covered

Program a SAME receiver with the code of your county. Coverage is NWS’s note of the part of a county the signal reaches.

CountyStateSAME codeCoverage
HardeeFlorida012049Whole county
HillsboroughFlorida012057Whole county
ManateeFlorida012081Whole county
PascoFlorida012101Whole county
PinellasFlorida012103Whole county
PolkFlorida012105Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 26, 2026 at 3:43 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.