WNG685: NOAA Weather Radio, Norwood

162.425 MHz · 326 W · On the air

WNG685 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.425 MHz (WX4 on most receivers) from Norwood, with the transmitter at Carver County, Minnesota, at 326 W. The National Weather Service office in Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN programs it. It covers 16 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WNG685 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

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The transmitter

Call sign: WNG685
Frequency: 162.425 MHz (WX4)
Power: 326 W
Status: On the air
Station: Norwood
Transmitter site: Carver County
State: Minnesota
NWS office: Twin Cities/Chanhassen, MN
Location: 44.7889, -93.9069

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
Carver	Minnesota	027019	Whole county
Hennepin	Minnesota	027053	Whole county
Hennepin	Minnesota	127053	Whole county
Hennepin	Minnesota	327053	Whole county
Hennepin	Minnesota	427053	Whole county
Hennepin	Minnesota	527053	Whole county
Hennepin	Minnesota	627053	Whole county
Hennepin	Minnesota	827053	Whole county
Le Sueur	Minnesota	027079	Whole county
McLeod	Minnesota	027085	Whole county
Meeker	Minnesota	027093	Whole county
Nicollet	Minnesota	027103	Whole county
Renville	Minnesota	027129	Whole county
Scott	Minnesota	027139	Whole county
Sibley	Minnesota	027143	Whole county
Wright	Minnesota	027171	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 2:12 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.