KEC62

KEC62 - San Diego All Hazards
City of license Mt. Woodson
Broadcast area San Diego metropolitan area
Branding NOAA All Hazards Radio
Slogan The Voice Of The National Weather Service
Frequency 162.400 MHz
Format Weather/Civil Emergency
Language(s) English
Power 100 Watts
Class C
Transmitter coordinates 33°00′31″N 116°58′16″W / 33.008638°N 116.970991°W / 33.008638; -116.970991Coordinates: 33°00′31″N 116°58′16″W / 33.008638°N 116.970991°W / 33.008638; -116.970991[1]
Owner NOAA/National Weather Service
Website www.wrh.noaa.gov/sgx

KEC62 (sometimes referred to as San Diego All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves the San Diego metropolitan area and can be heard 40 miles in the Pacific Ocean. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast office in San Diego, California with its transmitter located in Mt. Woodson. It broadcasts weather and hazard information only for San Diego County and the coastal waters from San Mateo Point to the Mexican border and out 60 nautical miles.

The station's forecast coverage includes the San Diego County Coast, San Diego County Valleys, San Diego County Mountains and San Diego County Deserts. Hourly weather observations are updated at 10 minutes past each hour, and covers mostly San Diego County, with conditions reported for most of Southern California as well as Las Vegas, Yuma and Phoenix.

References

  1. ↑ "NOAA Weather Radio Transmitter Sites". Retrieved Aug 20, 2015.

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