National Weather Service Springfield, Missouri Explained

National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Springfield, Missouri
Headquarters:5805 State Highway EE, Springfield, MO
Employees:21
Chief1 Name:Kelsey Angle
Chief1 Position:Meteorologist in Charge
Chief2 Name:Nicole Newman
Chief2 Position:Administrative Support Assistant
Parent Agency:National Weather Service
Website:https://www.weather.gov/sgf/

National Weather Service - Springfield (SGF) is a National Weather Service forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 34 counties in mid and southwestern Missouri and 3 counties in southeastern Kansas.[1] It is located in Springfield, Missouri, near the Springfield–Branson National Airport.[2] The office maintains a NEXRAD radar system.[3] [4]

History

The office and radar were originally located in Monett before moving to Springfield in the early 1990s.

NOAA Weather Radio stations

The office operates 14 NOAA Weather Radio stations in mid and southwestern Missouri.

KJY82

KJY82
City:Neosho, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service
Power:1000 watts
Coordinates:36.8799°N -94.4255°W

KJY82 is located in Neosho, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.450 MHz to Newton, Jasper, and McDonald Counties in Missouri, and Cherokee County, Kansas. The station also broadcasts to Ottawa County, Oklahoma, but alerts for that county are not issued by the Springfield office.[5] [6]

KXI35

KXI35
City:Alton, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service
Power:300 watts
Coordinates:36.6984°N -91.4104°W

KXI35 is located in Alton, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.500 MHz to Oregon, Howell, and Shannon Counties.[7] [8]

KXI38

KXI38
City:West Plains, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service
Power:300 watts
Coordinates:36.6936°N -91.8833°W

KXI38 is located in West Plains, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.525 MHz to Howell, Ozark, Douglas, and Oregon Counties.[9] [10]

KZZ30

KZZ30
City:El Dorado Springs, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service
Power:1000 watts
Coordinates:37.8703°N -94.0328°W

KZZ30 is located in El Dorado Springs, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.475 MHz to Cedar, St. Clair, Bates, Vernon, Barton, Dade, Polk, Hickory, and Benton Counties in Missouri, and Bourbon and Crawford Counties in Kansas.[11] [12]

KZZ43

KZZ43
City:Branson, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service
Power:1000 watts
Coordinates:36.7159°N -93.3676°W

KZZ43 is located in Branson, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.550 MHz to Taney, Stone, Christian, and Barry Counties.[13] [14]

KZZ82

KZZ82
City:Gainesville, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service
Power:1000 watts
Coordinates:36.6638°N -92.517°W

KZZ82 is located in Gainesville, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.426 MHz to Ozark, Taney, and Douglas Counties.[15] [16]

WNG608

WNG608
City:Cassville, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service
Power:1000 watts
Coordinates:36.6714°N -93.8966°W

WNG608 is located in Cassville, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.500 MHz to Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, and Newton Counties.[17] [18]

WNG648

WNG648
City:Dixon, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service
Power:1000 watts
Coordinates:37.9224°N -91.9663°W

WNG648 is located in Dixon, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.500 MHz to Pulaski and Phelps Counties.[19] [20]

WWF76

WWF76
City:Summersville, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service
Power:1000 watts
Coordinates:37.1807°N -91.6657°W

WWF76 is located in Summersville, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.475 MHz to Texas, Shannon, Dent, Douglas, Howell, and Oregon Counties.[21] [22]

WXJ61

WXJ61
City:Avilla, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service
Power:1000 watts
Coordinates:37.1642°N -94.0054°W

WXJ61 is located in Avilla, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.425 MHz to Jasper, Lawrence, Newton, Dade, Barton, Barry, Stone, McDonald, and Cedar Counties in Missouri, and Cherokee and Crawford Counties in Kansas.[23] [24]

WXL46

WXL46
City:Fordland, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service
Power:1000 watts
Coordinates:37.1697°N -92.9417°W

WXL46 is located in Fordland, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.400 MHz to Greene, Webster, Polk, Laclede, Barry, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Lawrence, Stone, Taney, and Wright Counties.[25] [26]

WXM81

WXM81
City:Hermitage, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service
Power:1000 watts
Coordinates:37.9031°N -93.3173°W

WXM81 is located in Hermitage, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.450 MHz to Hickory County.[27] [28]

WZ2545

WZ2545
City:Joplin, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service

WZ2545 is located in Joplin, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.550 MHz to Jasper County.[29]

WZ2548

WZ2548
City:Eldon, Missouri
Country:United States
Branding:NOAA All Hazards Radio
Format:Weather/Civil Emergency
Owner:NOAA/National Weather Service

WZ2548 is located in Eldon, Missouri and broadcasts on 162.550 MHz to Miller, Morgan, Camden, Benton, Hickory, Dallas, Laclede, Pulaski, and Maries Counties.[30] It also broadcasts to Moniteau, Cole, and Osage Counties, but those counties are not covered by the Springfield office, instead receiving alerts from the National Weather Service in St. Louis.

References

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  3. Web site: NOAA/NWS Level II Radar Information . 2024-07-12 . radar2pub.ncep.noaa.gov.
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  8. Web site: NOAA Weather Radio Station KXI35 162.500 Alton, MO . 2024-07-12 . RadioStation.Info.
  9. Web site: US Department of Commerce . NOAA . NWR Transmitter Propagation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240712185600/https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=KXI38 . 2024-07-12 . 2024-07-12 . www.weather.gov . EN-US.
  10. Web site: NOAA Weather Radio Station KXI38 162.525 West Plains, MO . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240712185705/https://radiostation.info/weather/missouri/KXI38/ . 2024-07-12 . 2024-07-12 . RadioStation.Info.
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  12. Web site: NOAA Weather Radio Station KZZ30 162.475 El Dorado Springs, MO . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240712192428/https://radiostation.info/weather/missouri/KZZ30/ . 2024-07-12 . 2024-07-12 . RadioStation.Info.
  13. Web site: US Department of Commerce . NOAA . NWR Transmitter Propagation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240712193251/https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=KZZ43 . 2024-07-12 . 2024-07-12 . www.weather.gov . EN-US.
  14. Web site: NOAA Weather Radio Station KZZ43 162.550 Branson, MO . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240712193253/https://radiostation.info/weather/missouri/KZZ43/ . 2024-07-12 . 2024-07-12 . RadioStation.Info.
  15. Web site: US Department of Commerce . NOAA . NWR Transmitter Propagation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240712195439/https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=KZZ82 . 2024-07-12 . 2024-07-12 . www.weather.gov . EN-US.
  16. Web site: NOAA Weather Radio Station KZZ82 162.425 Gainesville, MO . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240712195441/https://radiostation.info/weather/missouri/KZZ82/ . 2024-07-12 . 2024-07-12 . RadioStation.Info.
  17. Web site: US Department of Commerce . NOAA . NWR Transmitter Propagation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240712200156/https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WNG608 . 2024-07-12 . 2024-07-12 . www.weather.gov . EN-US.
  18. Web site: NOAA Weather Radio Station WNG608 162.500 Cassville, MO . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240712200206/https://radiostation.info/weather/missouri/WNG608/ . 2024-07-12 . 2024-07-12 . RadioStation.Info.
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  20. Web site: NOAA Weather Radio Station WNG648 162.500 Dixon, MO . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240712202002/https://radiostation.info/weather/missouri/WNG648/ . 2024-07-12 . 2024-07-12 . RadioStation.Info.
  21. Web site: US Department of Commerce . NOAA . NWR Transmitter Propagation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240718184059/https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WWF76 . 2024-07-18 . 2024-07-18 . www.weather.gov . EN-US.
  22. Web site: NOAA Weather Radio Station WWF76 162.475 Summersville, MO . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240718184045/https://radiostation.info/weather/missouri/WWF76/ . 2024-07-18 . 2024-07-18 . RadioStation.Info.
  23. Web site: US Department of Commerce . NOAA . NWR Transmitter Propagation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240718184823/https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WXJ61 . 2024-07-18 . 2024-07-18 . www.weather.gov . EN-US.
  24. Web site: NOAA Weather Radio Station WXJ61 162.425 Joplin, MO . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240718184845/https://radiostation.info/weather/missouri/WXJ61/ . 2024-07-18 . 2024-07-18 . RadioStation.Info.
  25. Web site: US Department of Commerce . NOAA . NWR Transmitter Propagation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240718190143/https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WXL46 . 2024-07-18 . 2024-07-18 . www.weather.gov . EN-US.
  26. Web site: NOAA Weather Radio Station WXL46 162.400 Springfield, MO . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240718190139/https://radiostation.info/weather/missouri/WXL46/ . 2024-07-18 . 2024-07-18 . RadioStation.Info.
  27. Web site: US Department of Commerce . NOAA . NWR Transmitter Propagation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240718191729/https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WXM81 . 2024-07-18 . 2024-07-18 . www.weather.gov . EN-US.
  28. Web site: NOAA Weather Radio Station WXM81 162.450 Hermitage, MO . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240718191712/https://radiostation.info/weather/missouri/WXM81/ . 2024-07-18 . 2024-07-18 . RadioStation.Info.
  29. Web site: US Department of Commerce . NOAA . NWR Transmitter Propagation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240718192252/https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WZ2545 . 2024-07-18 . 2024-07-18 . www.weather.gov . EN-US.
  30. Web site: US Department of Commerce . NOAA . NWR Transmitter Propagation . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240718192650/https://www.weather.gov/nwr/sites?site=WZ2548 . 2024-07-18 . 2024-07-18 . www.weather.gov . EN-US.

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