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National Weather Service Nashville, Tennessee

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National Weather Service Nashville, Tennessee
Typesbranch Edit this on Wikidata
LocationOld Hickory Edit this on Wikidata
CountryUnited States Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.weather.gov/ohx/ Edit this on Wikidata

National Weather Service Nashville is a weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 38 counties in Middle Tennessee. The office is in charge of weather forecasts, warnings, and local statements as well as aviation weather. It is equipped with a WSR-88D (NEXRAD) radar and an Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) that greatly increases the ability to forecast. While it is officially the Nashville forecast office, the WFO is technically located in Wilson County near Old Hickory, Tennessee, along the shoreline of Old Hickory Lake near the Davidson/Wilson County line.

The Weather Service Office of Nashville was awarded the United States Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award for superior federal service three times, in December 1998, May 2007, and April 2010. All three instances were for providing life-saving services for the three major tornado outbreaks that occurred in Middle Tennessee in April 1998, April 2006, and February 2008, respectively.

NOAA Weather Radio

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The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Old Hickory, Tennessee provides programming for 12 NOAA Weather Radio stations.

Weather radio stations

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Station Frequency (MHz) [1] City of license Transmitter power
KIG79 162.55 Nashville 1,000 Watts
KWN52 162.525 Lobelville
KWN53 162.45 Centerville 300 watts
WNG629 162.45 Spencer 1,000 watts
WNG631 162.525 Lafayette
WWF84 162.425 Lawrenceburg
WWH37 162.5 Clarksville 300 watts
WXK61 162.4 Cookeville 1,000 watts
WXK62 162.4 Waverly
WXK63 162.475 Shelbyville
WXN74 162.5 Hickman
WZ2506 162.5 Clifton

References

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  1. ^ "NOAA Weather Radio".
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