National Weather Service New Orleans/Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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The National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office New Orleans/Baton Rouge , Louisiana is a National Weather Service office located in Slidell, Louisiana. [2]

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History

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The KLIX NEXRAD radar in Slidell.
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Coverage of NWS Weather Forecast Offices where New Orleans/Baton Rouge is LIX.

The National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office New Orleans/Baton Rouge has its origins in a U.S. Army Signal Service office opened in Downtown New Orleans on October 4, 1870. [3] A hurricane forecast center operated in the New Orleans office from 1935 until 1966, when its responsibilities were transferred to the National Hurricane Center. [3] In 1979, the New Orleans forecast office moved to Slidell, merging with the radar observatory that had operated there since 1972. [3] In 1993, the Baton Rouge forecast office was closed and its functions were transferred to the office in Slidell. [3]

NOAA Weather Radio

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The National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office New Orleans/Baton Rouge, Louisiana currently provides programming for 6 NOAA Weather Radio stations.

KHB-43 New Orleans

KHB43
City New Orleans, Louisiana
Broadcast area New Orleans metropolitan area
Frequency 162.550 MHz
Technical information
Class C
Power 1,000 Watts
HAAT 502 M
Links
Website www.srh.noaa.gov/lix
NOAA KHB-43 Query

KHB43 (Sometimes referred to as New Orleans All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves New Orleans metropolitan area and surrounding cities. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana with its transmitter located in New Orleans. It broadcasts weather and hazard information for the following Parishes: Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, and Tangipahoa.

WXL-41 Buras

WXL41
City Buras, Louisiana
Broadcast areaExtreme Southern New Orleans metropolitan area
Frequency 162.475 MHz
History
First air date
August 17, 2005
Technical information
Class C
Power 1,000 Watts
HAAT 240 M
Links
Website www.srh.noaa.gov/lix
NOAA WXL-41 Query

WXL41 (sometimes referred to as Buras All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves the extreme southern part of the New Orleans metropolitan area and can be heard over 40 miles (64 km) into the Gulf of Mexico. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana with its transmitter located in Buras. It broadcasts weather and hazard information for the following Parishes: Jefferson, and Plaquemines.

History

Broadcasting activities of WXL41 began on August 17, 2005; when the NWS in New Orleans/Baton Rouge added a transmitter at Buras, giving residents in Southern Louisiana 24-hour access to their NOAA Weather/All Hazards Radio service. 24-Hour weather broadcasts at this transmitter include the marine, shipping and fishing forecasts for the Grand Isle, Leeville and Port Fourchon communities. [4] Less than 2 weeks later, WXL41's transmitter was knocked off the air by Hurricane Katrina. Service was later restored in early 2006 by a way of back-up generator until full power was restored. [5]

KHB-46 Baton Rouge

KHB46
City Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Broadcast area Baton Rouge metropolitan area
Frequency 162.400 MHz
Technical information
Class C
Power 1,000 Watts
HAAT 436 M
Links
Website www.srh.noaa.gov/lix
NOAA KHB-46 Query

KHB46 (sometimes referred to as Baton Rouge All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves the Baton Rouge Metro Area and surrounding cities. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast offices in New Orleans, Louisiana with its transmitter located in Baton Rouge. It broadcasts weather and hazard information for Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, West Baton Rouge, & West Feliciana Parishes in Louisiana; and Wilkinson County in Mississippi.

KIH-21 Gulfport

KIH21
City Gulfport, Mississippi
Broadcast area Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula Metro
Frequency 162.400 MHz
Technical information
Class C
Power 1,000 Watts
HAAT 78 M
Links
Website www.srh.noaa.gov/lix
NOAA KIH-21 Query

KIH21 (sometimes referred to as Gulfport All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves the Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula Metropolitan area as well as 40 miles into the Gulf of Mexico. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast office in New Orleans/Baton Rouge, Louisiana with its transmitter located in the Gulfport, Mississippi. It broadcasts weather and hazard information for the following counties: George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone.

KIH-23 Morgan City

KIH23
City Morgan City, Louisiana
Broadcast area Morgan City / Eastern Lafayette Metro
Frequency 162.475 MHz
Technical information
Class C
Power 1,000 Watts
HAAT 449 M
Links
Website www.srh.noaa.gov/lix
NOAA KIH-23 Query

KIH23 (sometimes referred to as Morgan City All Hazards) is a NOAA Weather Radio station that serves Morgan City and vicinity as well as part of the Lafayette Metro Area. It is programmed from the National Weather Service forecast offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana with its transmitter located in Morgan City. It broadcasts weather and hazard information for the following Parishes: Ascension, Assumption, Iberia, Iberville, Lafourche, St. James, Lower St. Martin, St. Mary, and Terrebonne.

History

KIH23's tower was destroyed by Hurricane Gustav during the Labor Day weekend in 2008. A temporary tower was in place at a lower height and power until a new transmitter was fully constructed on December 2008. [6]

WNG-521 Bogalusa

WNG521
City Bogalusa, Louisiana
Frequency 162.525 MHz
Technical information
Power 1,000 Watts
Links
Website www.srh.noaa.gov/lix
NOAA WNG-521 Query

WNG521 is a NOAA Weather Radio station that provides weather and hazard information for the following Parishes in Louisiana: Washington, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and St. Helena, as well as Pike, Walthall, Marion, Lamar, and Pearl River, counties in Mississippi. [7]

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