Weather radio in Illinois

KXI70: NOAA Weather Radio, Jerseyville

162.450 MHz · 311 W · On the air

KXI70 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.450 MHz (WX5 on most receivers) from Jerseyville, Illinois, at 311 W. The National Weather Service office in St. Louis, MO programs it. It covers 5 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KXI70 (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
KXI70
Frequency
162.450 MHz (WX5)
Power
311 W
Status
On the air
Station
Jerseyville
NWS office
St. Louis, MO
Location
39.1042, -90.2646

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
CalhounIllinois017013South half
GreeneIllinois017061Whole county
JerseyIllinois017083Whole county
MacoupinIllinois017117Whole county
MadisonIllinois017119Whole 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 6:48 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.