WXL40

WXL40 - Harrisburg All Hazards
City Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Harrisburg and Vicinity
Branding NOAA All Hazards Radio
Slogan The Voice Of The National Weather Service
Frequency 162.550 MHz
Format Weather/Civil Emergency
Power 1000 Watts
Class C
Owner NOAA/National Weather Service
Website www.erh.noaa.gov/cle

WXL40 (sometimes referred to as Harrisburg All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and surrounding cities and can be heard in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

SAME/FIPS Information

County Code Region
Adams 042001 All
Berks 042011 Western
Cumberland 042041 All
Dauphin 042043 All
Juniata 042067 All
Lancaster 042071 All
Lebanon 042075 All
Perry 042099 All
Schuylkill 042107 Western
York 042133 All

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Programming Schedule

Hazardous Weather Outlook -> Climate Summaries (for Harrisburg and/or Lancaster) -> Regional Weather Synopsis -> Forecast -> Extended Forecast -> Current Conditions and Station Identification.

Please note: The climate summaries do not play every loop. In the evenings (after 5PM), Harrisburg's unofficial summary of the day is played. In the mornings, the previous day's climate summary of Harrisburg is alternated with the "daily climate report for Lancaster, Pennsylvania".

Also, once an hour, a long identification plays which includes background about NOAA Weather Radio.

Required Weekly Test

The required weekly test is conducted at 11:15 on Wednesdays.

References

  1. "WXL40 SAME Codes". Retrieved 6 June 2014.


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