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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

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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

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Station Frequency (MHz) City of license Power Primary coverage area
KIH41 162.400 Lexington 1,000 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, Shepherdsville, 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 Elizabethtown 300 watts Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, and Nelson Counties Shepherdsville, Elizabethtown/Radcliff/Fort Knox, Hodgenville, Bardstown) [3]
KIH45 162.400 Bowling Green 1,000 watts West-central Kentucky – Bowling Green, Brownsville, Morgantown, Russellville, Franklin, Scottsville (Warren, Edmonson, Butler, Logan, Simpson and Allen Counties) [4]
KZZ62 162.475 Burkesville 300 watts Clinton and Cumberland Counties of Kentucky; Clay County, Tennessee -- Albany and Burkesville [5]
KZZ63 162.525 Campbellsville Green and Taylor Counties -- Greensburg and Campbellsville [6]
KZZ64 162.45 Ekron/Brandenburg Breckinridge and Meade Counties (Hardinsburg and Brandenburg) [7]
WNG570 162.5 Horse Cave 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 Richmond 100 watts Garrard and Madison Counties -- Lancaster, Richmond, Berea [9]
WZ2523 162.5 Frankfort 300 watts Franklin County (Frankfort) [10]

References

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  1. ^ KIH41 NOAA.gov. Accessed April 3, 2016
  2. ^ KIH43 NOAA.gov. Accessed April 3, 2016
  3. ^ KIH43A NOAA.gov. Accessed April 3, 2016
  4. ^ KIH45 NOAA.gov. Accessed April 3, 2016
  5. ^ KZZ62 NOAA.gov. Accessed April 3, 2016
  6. ^ KZZ63 NOAA.gov. Accessed April 3, 2016
  7. ^ KZZ64 NOAA.gov. Accessed April 3, 2016
  8. ^ WNG570 NOAA.gov. Accessed April 3, 2016.
  9. ^ WWF82 NOAA.gov. Accessed April 3, 2016.
  10. ^ WZ2523 NOAA.gov. Accessed April 3, 2016.
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