NOAA Weather Radio NEWS! The Weather Radio audio signal from our stations in Melbourne and Daytona Beach are now being made available on the internet.
	WXJ-70 - Melbourne (Courtesy of Florida Institute of Technology) Very limited availability.
	KIH-26 - Daytona Beach (Courtesy of Volusia County Emergency Management)

The program for these transmitters is tailored for the geographic areas which the transmitters serve. Please refer to the maps below to view these areas.

Live NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts are made periodically.

The live broadcasts, usually a 30 minute segment, are made in order to further weather education and severe weather preparedness among residents of east central Florida.  We also take questions from our listeners.  You may submit a question to:

National Weather Service NWR Live
421 Croton Road
Melbourne, Florida  32935

Or you can email your question by clicking here.

NOAA Weather Radio is a service provided by all NWS offices, free of charge, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Routine programming includes the latest weather conditions, weather summaries for the area, short term forecasts of significant weather expected within the next 1-3 hours, and forecasts of temperatures and precipitation out to 7 days. Tropical weather outlooks, hazardous weather outlooks, and marine forecasts are also broadcast.

One of the most important reasons to own a weather radio is the ability to receive up to the second information on severe weather, such as hurricanes, severe thunderstorms, large hail, strong and damaging winds, tornadoes, and flash floods. Many weather radio receivers are equipped with a tone alert which will be activated the moment severe weather threatens your immediate area, and the new "SAME"  (Specific Area Message Encoder) receivers even allow you to select specific areas (counties).

Weather Radio can also benefit the hearing impaired.   Click here to find out how.

The National Weather Service in Melbourne provides programming to four transmitter sites in east-central Florida.

If you have a question, a comment or a concern of any kind regarding the NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts for any of the transmitters listed above, please call us at (321)255-0212 from 8am to 4pm Monday thru Friday.  You can also write us at :

National Weather Service
421 Croton Road
Melbourne, FL  32935

Email the NWR Program Supervisor by clicking here.

We want to hear from you!

Live NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts are made periodically.

The broadcasts, usually a 30 minute segment, are made in order to further weather education and severe weather preparedness among residents of east central Florida.  We also take questions from our listeners.  You may submit a question to:

National Weather Service NWR Live
421 Croton Road
Melbourne, Florida  32935

Or you can email your question by clicking here.

Click here for a map of all Florida transmitters, or here for a map and descriptions of transmitters in the NWS Southern Region.

The 1050 Hz NWR alert tone and the data bursts of SAME are only broadcast for counties where the signal has been determined to be sufficiently powerful to ensure consistent activation of receivers.

Please note that the broadcast areas graphically depicted above are estimated.  Reception of the broadcast and the warning tones varies.

Check the National Weather Service Headquarters NOAA Weather Radio page for downloadable "pdf" brochures, audio messages, and other information resources.

Got a new SAME-capable weather radio?  Here's a link for those FIPS codes for Florida, and the national listing.

 NOAA Weather Radio is THE FASTEST and most reliable means of receiving life-threatening weather information!

"Where do I get a NOAA Weather Radio?"

Your local electronics store, and many department stores, will most likely carry a NOAA Weather Radio receiver with the tone alert feature. The price of around $15-$75 is minimal compared to the safety and peace of mind it can offer you and your family.

The NWR Tone Alert feature and SAME data burst is routinely tested every Wednesday between 11AM and Noon. In the event of bad weather on the test day, the test will be postponed to the next available good-weather day.  We also test between 6PM and 8PM on Wednesday evenings.

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