Weather radio in Mississippi

KIH21: NOAA Weather Radio, Gulfport

162.400 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

KIH21 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Gulfport, Mississippi, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA programs it. It covers 6 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KIH21 (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
KIH21
Frequency
162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power
1,000 W
Status
On the air
Station
Gulfport
NWS office
New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Location
30.3843, -89.0958

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
GeorgeMississippi028039Whole county
HancockMississippi028045Whole county
HarrisonMississippi028047Whole county
JacksonMississippi028059Whole county
Pearl RiverMississippi028109Whole county
StoneMississippi028131Whole 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 26, 2026 at 6:48 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.