Weather radio in Kentucky

KIH40: NOAA Weather Radio, Hazard

162.475 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

KIH40 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.475 MHz (WX3 on most receivers) from Hazard, Kentucky, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in Jackson, KY programs it. It covers 17 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KIH40 (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
KIH40
Frequency
162.475 MHz (WX3)
Power
1,000 W
Status
On the air
Station
Hazard
NWS office
Jackson, KY
Location
37.1929, -83.1878

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
BellKentucky021013Whole county
BreathittKentucky021025Whole county
ClayKentucky021051Whole county
FloydKentucky021071Whole county
HarlanKentucky021095Whole county
JacksonKentucky021109Whole county
KnottKentucky021119Whole county
KnoxKentucky021121Whole county
LeeKentucky021129Whole county
LeslieKentucky021131Whole county
LetcherKentucky021133Whole county
MagoffinKentucky021153Whole county
MorganKentucky021175Whole county
OwsleyKentucky021189Whole county
PerryKentucky021193Whole county
PikeKentucky021195Whole county
WolfeKentucky021237Whole 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 28, 2026 at 1:53 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.