Weather radio in Florida

WXK83A: NOAA Weather Radio, Sebring

162.500 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

WXK83A broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.500 MHz (WX6 on most receivers) from Sebring, with the transmitter at Avon Park, Florida, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in Tampa Bay Area, FL programs it. It covers 3 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXK83A (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
WXK83A
Frequency
162.500 MHz (WX6)
Power
1,000 W
Status
On the air
Station
Sebring
Transmitter site
Avon Park
State
Florida
NWS office
Tampa Bay Area, FL
Location
27.5619, -81.4936

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
HighlandsFlorida012055Whole county
PolkFlorida012105South

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 3:12 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.