Heat and Fire Weather Concerns in the West; Excessive Rainfall Possible in the South-Central U.S.

Heat will build over the Intermountain West and the Southwest the next couple of days. Lightning from dry thunderstorms can create new fire starts and combined with gusty winds may cause a fire to rapidly grow in Oregon and northern California. Flash flooding will be possible in New Mexico and west Texas today, as well as parts of the southern and central Plains due to slow moving thunderstorms. Read More >

KXI58 Plano, 162.400 MHz

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio station KXI-58 serves portions of northeast Illinois, including Kendall County and surrounding areas, from a 300 Watt transmitter in Plano, 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 Plano radio occur each WEDNESDAY at approximately 11 AM.

Map of KXI-58 Warning Area

Signal coverage area map

County

DeKalb
Kane
Kendall
LaSalle
Grundy
Will
DuPage

SAME code

017037
017089
017093
017099
017063
017197
017043

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
Kendall County and surrounding area Forecast	updated 4 AM and 4 PM and as needed
Chicago Climate Summary	6 AM to 10 am, and 4 PM to 7 PM
Severe Weather and other special programming during "active" weather

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Heat and Fire Weather Concerns in the West; Excessive Rainfall Possible in the South-Central U.S.

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio KXI-58