Weather radio in Iowa

WXL57: NOAA Weather Radio, Des Moines

162.550 MHz · 1,020 W · On the air

WXL57 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.550 MHz (WX1 on most receivers) from Des Moines, with the transmitter at Johnston, Iowa, at 1,020 W. The National Weather Service office in Des Moines, IA programs it. It covers 12 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXL57 (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
WXL57
Frequency
162.550 MHz (WX1)
Power
1,020 W
Status
On the air
Station
Des Moines
Transmitter site
Johnston
State
Iowa
NWS office
Des Moines, IA
Location
41.8094, -93.6216

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
AdairIowa019001Whole county
BooneIowa019015Whole county
ClarkeIowa019039North
DallasIowa019049Whole county
GreeneIowa019073Whole county
GuthrieIowa019077Whole county
JasperIowa019099Whole county
MadisonIowa019121Whole county
MarionIowa019125Whole county
PolkIowa019153Whole county
StoryIowa019169Whole county
WarrenIowa019181Whole 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 30, 2026 at 6:43 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.