WXL86: NOAA Weather Radio, Spokane
WXL86 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.400 MHz (WX2 on most receivers) from Spokane, with the transmitter at Spokane Mtn., Washington, at 100 W. The National Weather Service office in Spokane, WA programs it. It covers 7 counties in Idaho and Washington.
The transmitter and its neighbors
WXL86 (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
- WXL86
- Frequency
- 162.400 MHz (WX2)
- Power
- 100 W
- Status
- On the air
- Station
- Spokane
- Transmitter site
- Spokane Mtn.
- State
- Washington
- NWS office
- Spokane, WA
- Location
- 47.9217, -117.1133
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.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benewah | Idaho | 016009 | Whole county |
| Bonner | Idaho | 016017 | Whole county |
| Kootenai | Idaho | 016055 | Whole county |
| Lincoln | Washington | 053043 | Whole county |
| Pend Oreille | Washington | 053051 | Whole county |
| Spokane | Washington | 053063 | Whole county |
| Stevens | Washington | 053065 | Whole 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.