Weather radio in Iowa

KZZ68: NOAA Weather Radio, Van Wert

162.475 MHz · 309 W · On the air

KZZ68 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.475 MHz (WX3 on most receivers) from Van Wert, with the transmitter at Osceola, Iowa, at 309 W. The National Weather Service office in Des Moines, IA programs it. It covers 8 counties in Iowa and Missouri.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KZZ68 (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
KZZ68
Frequency
162.475 MHz (WX3)
Power
309 W
Status
On the air
Station
Van Wert
Transmitter site
Osceola
State
Iowa
NWS office
Des Moines, IA
Location
40.8681, -93.8048

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
ClarkeIowa019039Whole county
DecaturIowa019053Whole county
LucasIowa019117Whole county
RinggoldIowa019159Whole county
UnionIowa019175Whole county
WayneIowa019185Whole county
HarrisonMissouri029081Whole county
MercerMissouri029129Whole 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 27, 2026 at 9:51 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.