Weather radio in Texas

WWG55: NOAA Weather Radio, La Grange

162.500 MHz · 800 W · On the air

WWG55 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.500 MHz (WX6 on most receivers) from La Grange, with the transmitter at Rutersville, Texas, at 800 W. The National Weather Service office in Austin/San Antonio, TX programs it. It covers 6 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WWG55 (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
WWG55
Frequency
162.500 MHz (WX6)
Power
800 W
Status
On the air
Station
La Grange
Transmitter site
Rutersville
State
Texas
NWS office
Austin/San Antonio, TX
Location
29.9513, -96.7744

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
AustinTexas048015Whole county
BastropTexas048021Whole county
ColoradoTexas048089Whole county
FayetteTexas048149Whole county
LeeTexas048287Whole county
WashingtonTexas048477Whole 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 9:25 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.