NOAA Weather Radio is now available in all the counties of the KIMT News Three viewing area. Not familar with NOAA Weather Radio, learn more about it here.

You can now purchase a NOAA Weather Radio through a discount set up through an Internet retailer. You can buy a weather radio at your local HyVee Store for $29.99 through June or buy a weather radio and accessories here.

KIMT-TV, in cooperation with the National Weather Service and your local emergency managers have put your safety first by installing a NOAA Weather Radio on the KIMT broadcast tower in Saint Ansgar, Iowa. The transmitter will reach several counties in North Iowa and Southern Minnesota. At this point, the National Weather Service is carrying warning and forecast information over the St. Ansgar frequency (162.450) for the following counties: Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Floyd, Freeborn, Howard, Mitchell, Mower and Worth. Other NOAA weather radio transmitters are also operating in Mankato, Rochester, Forest City, Fort Dodge, Waterloo and Ringsted.

2011 Hy-Vee Weather Radio Programming Schedule
StormTeam 3 Meteorologists will be visiting area Hy-Vees at the cities, dates and times below. If you have a weather radio and need help programming it, bring it out and we will help. If you need a weather radio, Hy-Vee will have both desktop and portable models at a discount rate that we can program in the store for you. Ironically these dates are subject to change in the event of severe weather and all effort will be made to update this page with any changes.

Click here for a list of NOAA weather radio transmitters in the area.

* What is NOAA Weather Radio?
* Click here for a list of NOAA Weather Radio transmitters and more on how to use the programmable SAME radios

If you still have questions about NOAA Weather Radio, contact Storm Team Three here.