Weather radio in Ohio

WXJ93: NOAA Weather Radio, Lima

162.400 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

WXJ93 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Lima, with the transmitter at Cridersville, Ohio, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in Wilmington, OH programs it. It covers 12 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXJ93 (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
WXJ93
Frequency
162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power
1,000 W
Status
On the air
Station
Lima
Transmitter site
Cridersville
State
Ohio
NWS office
Wilmington, OH
Location
40.6342, -84.2081

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
AllenOhio039003Whole county
AuglaizeOhio039011Whole county
DefianceOhio039039Whole county
HancockOhio039063Whole county
HardinOhio039065Whole county
LoganOhio039091Whole county
MercerOhio039107Whole county
PauldingOhio039125Whole county
PutnamOhio039137Whole county
ShelbyOhio039149Whole county
Van WertOhio039161Whole county
WyandotOhio039175Whole 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 3:12 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.