National Weather Service Louisville, Kentucky

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

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

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, Shephardsville, 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 (Shepardsville, 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

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.

External links

• Louisville Office Main Page