Weather radio in Virginia

WXM57: NOAA Weather Radio, Heathsville

162.400 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

WXM57 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Heathsville, Virginia, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in Wakefield, VA programs it. It covers 14 counties in Maryland and Virginia.

The transmitter and its neighbors

WXM57 (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
WXM57
Frequency
162.400 MHz (WX2)
Power
1,000 W
Status
On the air
Station
Heathsville
NWS office
Wakefield, VA
Location
37.9061, -76.4855

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
SomersetMaryland024039Whole county
St. MarysMaryland024037Whole county
AccomackVirginia051001Whole county
EssexVirginia051057Whole county
GloucesterVirginia051073Central/N
King and QueenVirginia051097Whole county
King WilliamVirginia051101N 1/2
LancasterVirginia051103Whole county
MathewsVirginia051115Whole county
MiddlesexVirginia051119Whole county
NorthamptonVirginia051131Whole county
NorthumberlandVirginia051133Whole county
RichmondVirginia051159Whole county
WestmorelandVirginia051193Whole 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 27, 2026 at 9:51 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.