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NOAA Weather Radio WNG-666 at Iowa Falls is Off the Air

The NOAA Weather Radio transmitter WNG-666 at Iowa Falls, Iowa is off-the-air due to a communications or hardware failure. Technicians have been notified but there is not estimated restore time.

The Iowa Falls NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts on channel 6, or a frequency of 162.525 MHZ, and services the following counties in Iowa: Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, and Wright.

Neighboring transmitters that service some of these counties include WXK-84 at Fort Dodge, broadcasting on channel 1 or 162.400 MHZ, KJY-63 at Forest City, broadcasting on channel 5 or 162.500 MHZ, WKL-94 at Waterloo, broadcasting on channel 7 or 162.550 MHZ, and KXI-98 at Marshalltown, broadcasting on channel 5 or 162.500 MHZ.