Weather radio in Texas

WXK38: NOAA Weather Radio, Amarillo

162.550 MHz · 950 W · On the air

WXK38 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.550 MHz (WX1 on most receivers) from Amarillo, Texas, at 950 W. The National Weather Service office in Amarillo, TX programs it. It covers 8 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXK38 (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
WXK38
Frequency
162.550 MHz (WX1)
Power
950 W
Status
On the air
Station
Amarillo
State
Texas
NWS office
Amarillo, TX
Location
35.3749, -101.8826

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
ArmstrongTexas048011Whole county
CarsonTexas048065Whole county
HartleyTexas048205South & south E
HutchinsonTexas048233Whole county
MooreTexas048341Whole county
OldhamTexas048359Whole county
PotterTexas048375Whole county
RandallTexas048381Whole 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 6:48 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.