WNG582: NOAA Weather Radio, Sandusky

162.450 MHz · 300 W · On the air

WNG582 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.450 MHz (WX5 on most receivers) from Sandusky, with the transmitter at Sanilac County, Michigan, at 300 W. The National Weather Service office in Detroit/Pontiac, MI programs it. It covers 5 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WNG582 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

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Degraded
Off the air

The transmitter

Call sign: WNG582
Frequency: 162.450 MHz (WX5)
Power: 300 W
Status: On the air
Station: Sandusky
Transmitter site: Sanilac County
State: Michigan
NWS office: Detroit/Pontiac, MI
Location: 43.4106, -82.8064

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
Huron	Michigan	026063	Whole county
Lapeer	Michigan	026087	Whole county
Sanilac	Michigan	026151	Whole county
St. Clair	Michigan	026147	Whole county
Tuscola	Michigan	026157	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

Weather radio in Michigan Every transmitter The forecast here Alerts in force in Michigan

Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read October 3, 2026 at 1:09 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.