WXL57: NOAA Weather Radio, Des Moines
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.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | Iowa | 019001 | Whole county |
| Boone | Iowa | 019015 | Whole county |
| Clarke | Iowa | 019039 | North |
| Dallas | Iowa | 019049 | Whole county |
| Greene | Iowa | 019073 | Whole county |
| Guthrie | Iowa | 019077 | Whole county |
| Jasper | Iowa | 019099 | Whole county |
| Madison | Iowa | 019121 | Whole county |
| Marion | Iowa | 019125 | Whole county |
| Polk | Iowa | 019153 | Whole county |
| Story | Iowa | 019169 | Whole county |
| Warren | Iowa | 019181 | Whole 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.