Weather radio in Mississippi

KIH47: NOAA Weather Radio, Hattiesburg

162.475 MHz · 1,180 W · On the air

KIH47 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.475 MHz (WX3 on most receivers) from Hattiesburg, with the transmitter at Melba, Mississippi, at 1,180 W. The National Weather Service office in Jackson, MS programs it. It covers 14 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KIH47 (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
KIH47
Frequency
162.475 MHz (WX3)
Power
1,180 W
Status
On the air
Station
Hattiesburg
Transmitter site
Melba
NWS office
Jackson, MS
Location
31.4395, -89.6406

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
CovingtonMississippi028031Whole county
ForrestMississippi028035Whole county
GreeneMississippi028041Whole county
Jefferson DavisMississippi028065Whole county
JonesMississippi028067Whole county
LamarMississippi028073Whole county
LawrenceMississippi028077Whole county
MarionMississippi028091Whole county
Pearl RiverMississippi028109Whole county
PerryMississippi028111Whole county
SimpsonMississippi028127Whole county
SmithMississippi028129Whole county
WalthallMississippi028147Whole county
WayneMississippi028153Whole 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 October 4, 2026 at 6:18 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.