KXI50: NOAA Weather Radio, Russell

162.500 MHz · 1,060 W · On the air

KXI50 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.500 MHz (WX6 on most receivers) from Russell, Minnesota, at 1,060 W. The National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls, SD programs it. It covers 6 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KXI50 (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: KXI50
Frequency: 162.500 MHz (WX6)
Power: 1,060 W
Status: On the air
Station: Russell
State: Minnesota
NWS office: Sioux Falls, SD
Location: 44.3136, -95.9575

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
Lincoln	Minnesota	027081	Whole county
Lyon	Minnesota	027083	Whole county
Murray	Minnesota	027101	Whole county
Pipestone	Minnesota	027117	Whole county
Redwood	Minnesota	027127	Whole county
Yellow Medicine	Minnesota	027173	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

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

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 7:18 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.