National Weather Service Louisville, Kentucky Explained

National Weather Service Louisville is a weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 49 counties in north-central, south-central, and east-central Kentucky and 10 counties in southern Indiana. The office is in charge of weather forecasts, warnings and local statements as well as aviation weather. It is also equipped with a WSR-88D (NEXRAD) radar, and an Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) that greatly increase the ability to forecast. The NEXRAD radar site utilized by the forecast office is located near West Point, Kentucky on the north side of the Fort Knox Military Reservation.

NOAA Weather Radio

The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Louisville, Kentucky provides programming for nine NOAA Weather Radio stations in the office's jurisdictions.

Weather Radio stations

StationFrequency (MHz) City of licensePower Primary coverage area
KIH41 162.400 Lexington1,000 Watts Central Kentucky – Lexington and surrounding communities; Georgetown, Winchester, Versailles, Frankfort, Mount Sterling, Richmond, Berea, Stanford, Lancaster, Danville, Harrodsburg, Irvine, Paris, Cynthiana, Owingsville, Carlisle, Mount Olivet, Flemingsburg, and Stanton (Fayette, Scott, Clark, Woodford, Franklin, Montgomery, Madison, Lincoln, Garrard, Boyle, Mercer, Estill, Bourbon, Harrison, Bath, Nicholas, Robertson, Fleming, and Powell)[1]
KIH43 162.475 New Albany, IN/Louisville, KY Kentuckiana region – Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble, and Counties of Kentucky; Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Orange, Scott, Washington Counties in Indiana
(Hardinsburg, Shephardsville, Elizabethtown, New Castle, Metro Louisville, Brandenburg, Bardstown, La Grange, Shelbyville, Taylorsville, Bedford, KY; Jeffersonville, Marengo, New Albany, Corydon, Madison, Paoli/French Lick, Sellersburg, Salem, IN) [2]
KIH43A 162.55 Elizabethtown300 watts Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, and Nelson Counties (Shepardsville, Elizabethtown/Radcliff/Fort Knox, Hodgenville, Bardstown) [3]
KIH45162.400Bowling Green1,000 watts West-central Kentucky – Bowling Green, Brownsville, Morgantown, Russellville, Franklin, Scottsville (Warren, Edmonson, Butler, Logan, Simpson and Allen Counties) [4]
KZZ62 162.475 300 watts Clinton and Cumberland Counties of Kentucky; Clay County, Tennessee -- Albany and Burkesville [5]
KZZ63 162.525 CampbellsvilleGreen and Taylor Counties -- Greensburg and Campbellsville [6]
KZZ64 162.45Breckinridge and Meade Counties (Hardinsburg and Brandenburg) [7]
WNG570 162.5 1,000 watts Kentucky's Cave Country – Cave City/Glasgow, Brownsville, Greensburg, Munfordville/Horse Cave, Edmonton, Tompkinsville (Barren, Edmonson, Green County, Hart, Metcalfe, and Monroe Counties) [8]
WWF82 162.525 100 watts Garrard and Madison Counties -- Lancaster, Richmond, Berea [9]
WZ2523 162.5 300 watts Franklin County (Frankfort) [10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/site2.php?State=KY&Site=KIH41 KIH41
  2. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/site2.php?State=KY&Site=KIH43 KIH43
  3. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/site2.php?State=KY&Site=KIH43A KIH43A
  4. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/site2.php?State=KY&Site=KIH45 KIH45
  5. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/site2.php?State=KY&Site=KZZ62 KZZ62
  6. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/site2.php?State=KY&Site=KZZ63 KZZ63
  7. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/site2.php?State=KY&Site=KZZ64 KZZ64
  8. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/site2.php?State=KY&Site=WNG570 WNG570
  9. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/site2.php?State=KY&Site=WWF82 WWF82
  10. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/site2.php?State=KY&Site=WZ2523 WZ2523