Weather radio in Nebraska

KXI21: NOAA Weather Radio, Yankton

162.500 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

KXI21 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.500 MHz (WX6 on most receivers) from Yankton, with the transmitter at Gavins Point Dam, Nebraska, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls, SD programs it. It covers 7 counties in Nebraska and South Dakota.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KXI21 (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
KXI21
Frequency
162.500 MHz (WX6)
Power
1,000 W
Status
On the air
Station
Yankton
Transmitter site
Gavins Point Dam
NWS office
Sioux Falls, SD
Location
42.8421, -97.4846

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
CedarNebraska031027Whole county
KnoxNebraska031107Whole county
Bon HommeSouth Dakota046009Whole county
ClaySouth Dakota046027Whole county
HutchinsonSouth Dakota046067Whole county
TurnerSouth Dakota046125Whole county
YanktonSouth Dakota046135Whole 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 3:43 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.