Weather radio in Nebraska

KIH61: NOAA Weather Radio, Omaha

162.400 MHz · 991 W · On the air

KIH61 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Omaha, Nebraska, at 991 W. The National Weather Service office in Omaha/Valley, NE programs it. It covers 11 counties in Iowa and Nebraska.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KIH61 (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
KIH61
Frequency
162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power
991 W
Status
On the air
Station
Omaha
NWS office
Omaha/Valley, NE
Location
41.2577, -96.0093

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
HarrisonIowa019085Whole county
MillsIowa019129Whole county
PottawattamieIowa019155Whole county
BurtNebraska031021Whole county
CassNebraska031025Whole county
DodgeNebraska031053Whole county
DouglasNebraska031055Whole county
OtoeNebraska031131Whole county
SarpyNebraska031153Whole county
SaundersNebraska031155Whole county
WashingtonNebraska031177Whole 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 28, 2026 at 11:12 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.