Weather radio in Texas

WXK27: NOAA Weather Radio, Austin

162.400 MHz · 1,010 W · On the air

WXK27 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Austin, Texas, at 1,010 W. The National Weather Service office in Austin/San Antonio, TX programs it. It covers 8 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXK27 (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
WXK27
Frequency
162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power
1,010 W
Status
On the air
Station
Austin
State
Texas
NWS office
Austin/San Antonio, TX
Location
30.3219, -97.8033

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
BastropTexas048021Whole county
BlancoTexas048031Whole county
BurnetTexas048053Whole county
CaldwellTexas048055Whole county
HaysTexas048209Whole county
LeeTexas048287Whole county
TravisTexas048453Whole county
WilliamsonTexas048491Whole 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.