NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio KXI-41

KXI41 Crystal Lake, 162.500 MHz

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio station KXI41 serves portions of the north and northwest suburbs, which includes Lake County and surrounding areas, from a 300 Watt transmitter in Crystal Lake, Illinois. The nominal effective range of the transmitter is about 40 miles. Continuous 24 hour programming is provided from the National Weather Service Chicago Forecast Office, located southwest of Chicago in Romeoville Illinois.

A map of the listening area is shown below, with Specific Area Message Encoder codes shown for each county. Severe weather watches and warnings are tone-alerted for all counties shaded in blue. Tone alarm tests for the Crystal Lake radio occur each WEDNESDAY at approximately 11 AM.

Map Of KXI-41 Listening area

County

McHenry
Lake
Kane
Boone
Cook
Walworth
Kenosha

SAME code

017111
017097
017089
017007
017031
055127
055059

Broadcast Cycle

Station ID Message
Regional Weather Synopsis	updated around 430 AM and 430 PM, or as needed
Hourly Temperature Roundup	updated between 5 and 10 min past the hour
Short Term Forecast	only when precipitation or active weather is near North Central Illinois
McHenry County and surrounding area Forecast	updated 4 AM and 4 PM and as needed
Great Lakes Forecast	updated 3 AM and PM, 9 AM and PM, with Nearshore (during warm season)
Chicago Climate Summary	6 AM to 10 am, and 4 PM to 7 PM
River Stages	for the Fox River (during the warm season)
Severe Weather and other special programming during "active" weather