KEC80
Encyclopedia
KEC80 is a NOAA Weather Radio
station
that serves the Atlanta metro area with 500 watts effective radiated power
on 162.550MHz. Its radio transmitter is located east of the city atop Stone Mountain
, with its radio antenna on the short tower owned by Georgia Public Broadcasting
for transmitting WGTV TV 8, within state
-owned Stone Mountain Park. It is programmed from the National Weather Service
forecast office at Falcon Field airport in Peachtree City, which was originally at Hartsfield International Airport (now Hartsfield-Jackson) in Atlanta
.
, Clayton
, Cobb
, DeKalb
, Douglas
, Fayette
, Forsyth
, Fulton
, Gwinnett
, Henry
, Newton
, and Rockdale
. (Most are also covered by another NOAA station.) Barrow
and Walton
are also completely covered within its broadcast range (a signal strength
of at least 18dBu
or 8μV/m), however WRSAME codes and warnings for those counties are handled by another station.
Additionally, extreme southwest Fulton, far northwest Douglas and Cobb, far northern Forsyth, and most of the west-northwestern half of Cherokee fall below the threshold for reliable reception, and are covered and alerted by WWH23 in Buchanan
to the west (except Forsyth), and WXJ53 in Cleveland
to the north (which also alerts for northern Gwinnett, in addition to Cherokee and Forsyth). Cherokee also uses WXK52 Chatsworth
, while KXI89 Eatonton
alerts Henry, Newton, and Rockdale, and WXJ31 Thomaston
alerts Clayton, Fayette, and Henry.
system uses only the standard male synthesized voice
, except for the current time, which still uses the original robotic-sounding voice instead of the very natural one used by most NOAA/NWS radio stations.
Full hourly conditions are given for Atlanta only. Partial conditions (sky cover/precipitation
, temperature
, and wind
) are given around metro Atlanta for Chamblee
, Marietta
, Mableton, Peachtree City, Lawrenceville, Cartersville
, and Kennesaw in metro Atlanta; Athens, Gainesville
, Macon
, Columbus
, Rome
, and Augusta in Georgia; and Chattanooga, Asheville
, Greenville/Spartanburg
, Birmingham, and Montgomery in surrounding states. Although within its listening area, Canton
is skipped.
It also gives brief summaries of tropical storms which may eventually impact the Southeast.
NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards
NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards is a network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information directly from a nearby National Weather Service office. It is operated by the NWS, an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the United States Department of...
station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
that serves the Atlanta metro area with 500 watts effective radiated power
Effective radiated power
In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains...
on 162.550MHz. Its radio transmitter is located east of the city atop Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock in Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States. At its summit, the elevation is 1,686 feet amsl and 825 feet above the surrounding area. Stone Mountain granite extends underground at its longest point into Gwinnett County...
, with its radio antenna on the short tower owned by Georgia Public Broadcasting
Georgia Public Broadcasting
Georgia Public Broadcasting is the public broadcasting radio and television state network in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is operated by the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission....
for transmitting WGTV TV 8, within state
Government of Georgia (U.S. state)
The state government of Georgia is the U.S. state governmental body established by the Georgia State Constitution. It is a republican government with three branches: the legislature, executive, and judiciary...
-owned Stone Mountain Park. It is programmed from the National Weather Service
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service , once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States government...
forecast office at Falcon Field airport in Peachtree City, which was originally at Hartsfield International Airport (now Hartsfield-Jackson) in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
.
Coverage
It broadcasts weather and hazard information for the following counties: CherokeeCherokee County, Georgia
As of the census of 2000, there were 141,903 people, 49,495 households, and 39,200 families residing in the county. The population density was 335 people per square mile . There were 51,937 housing units at an average density of 123 per square mile...
, Clayton
Clayton County, Georgia
Clayton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 236,517. The 2008 Census estimate placed the population at 273,718. The county seat is Jonesboro...
, Cobb
Cobb County, Georgia
Cobb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its county seat and largest city is Marietta, which is located in the center of the county. The county was named for Thomas Willis Cobb, who in the early 19th century was a United States representative and senator from Georgia...
, DeKalb
DeKalb County, Georgia
DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population of the county was 691,893 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is the city of Decatur. It is bordered to the west by Fulton County and contains roughly 10% of the city of Atlanta...
, Douglas
Douglas County, Georgia
Douglas County, Georgia has been experiencing numerous natural disasters over the most recent decades. Being located in the South Eastern United States the county experiences strong storms and tornadoes often because of its location in Dixie Alley....
, Fayette
Fayette County, Georgia
Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 91,263. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 106,144. The county seat is Fayetteville....
, Forsyth
Forsyth County, Georgia
Forsyth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The county seat is Cumming, Georgia. Forsyth County is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area...
, Fulton
Fulton County, Georgia
Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its county seat is Atlanta, the state capital since 1868 and the principal county of the Atlanta metropolitan area...
, Gwinnett
Gwinnett County, Georgia
, Gwinnett County had a population of 805,321. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 53.3% white , 23.6% black , 2.7% Korean, 2.6% Asian Indian, 2.0% Vietnamese, 3.3% other Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 8.8% some other race and 3.1% from two or more races...
, Henry
Henry County, Georgia
Henry County is a growing suburban county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 119,341. As of 2010, the county's population swelled to 203,922, up 70.9% from the previous census and becoming Georgia's 8th most populous county and the 10th fastest growing...
, Newton
Newton County, Georgia
Newton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 62,001. The 2010 Census showed a population of 99,958. The county seat is Covington....
, and Rockdale
Rockdale County, Georgia
Rockdale County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 70,111. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 82,052. Two years later, the population was 84,569. The county seat is Conyers.-Geography:...
. (Most are also covered by another NOAA station.) Barrow
Barrow County, Georgia
Barrow County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 46,144. The 2007 Census Estimate placed the population at 67,139...
and Walton
Walton County, Georgia
Walton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2009, the population was 87,311. The county seat is Monroe.This county is a part of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area ....
are also completely covered within its broadcast range (a signal strength
Signal strength
In telecommunications, particularly in radio, signal strength refers to the magnitude of the electric field at a reference point that is a significant distance from the transmitting antenna. It may also be referred to as received signal level or field strength. Typically, it is expressed in...
of at least 18dBu
DBU
DBU may refer to:* Dansk Boldspil-Union, in English known as the Danish Football Association* dBu, a decibel measurement of voltage* 1,8-Diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene...
or 8μV/m), however WRSAME codes and warnings for those counties are handled by another station.
Additionally, extreme southwest Fulton, far northwest Douglas and Cobb, far northern Forsyth, and most of the west-northwestern half of Cherokee fall below the threshold for reliable reception, and are covered and alerted by WWH23 in Buchanan
Buchanan, Georgia
Buchanan is a city in Haralson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 941 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Haralson County.Locally, the city's name is pronounced BUCK-an'-uhn, with the emphasis on the first syllable....
to the west (except Forsyth), and WXJ53 in Cleveland
Cleveland, Georgia
Cleveland is a city in White County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,907 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of White County....
to the north (which also alerts for northern Gwinnett, in addition to Cherokee and Forsyth). Cherokee also uses WXK52 Chatsworth
Chatsworth, Georgia
Chatsworth is a city in Murray County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Dalton, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,531 at the 2000 census, but was estimated around 3,890 as of the 2005 census. The city is the county seat of Murray County...
, while KXI89 Eatonton
Eatonton, Georgia
Eatonton is a city in Putnam County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 6,480. The city is the county seat of Putnam County. It was named after William Eaton, an officer and diplomat involved in the First Barbary War...
alerts Henry, Newton, and Rockdale, and WXJ31 Thomaston
Thomaston, Georgia
Thomaston is a city in and the county seat of Upson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 9,638 at the 2006 census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Thomaston, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville,...
alerts Clayton, Fayette, and Henry.
Programming
The automatedBroadcast automation
Broadcast automation incorporates the use of broadcast programming technology to automate broadcasting operations. Used either at a broadcast network, radio station or a television station, it can run a facility in the absence of a human operator...
system uses only the standard male synthesized voice
Speech synthesis
Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech. A computer system used for this purpose is called a speech synthesizer, and can be implemented in software or hardware...
, except for the current time, which still uses the original robotic-sounding voice instead of the very natural one used by most NOAA/NWS radio stations.
Full hourly conditions are given for Atlanta only. Partial conditions (sky cover/precipitation
Precipitation (meteorology)
In meteorology, precipitation In meteorology, precipitation In meteorology, precipitation (also known as one of the classes of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity. The main forms of precipitation...
, temperature
Temperature
Temperature is a physical property of matter that quantitatively expresses the common notions of hot and cold. Objects of low temperature are cold, while various degrees of higher temperatures are referred to as warm or hot...
, and wind
Wind
Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the sun through space, while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet's atmosphere into space...
) are given around metro Atlanta for Chamblee
DeKalb-Peachtree Airport
DeKalb-Peachtree Airport is a municipal general aviation airport located in Chamblee, Georgia, just northeast of Atlanta. It is operated by the local government of DeKalb County, Georgia, and is also known commonly as Peachtree-DeKalb Airport, or simply PDK. Other names include Peachtree...
, Marietta
Dobbins Air Reserve Base
Dobbins Air Reserve Base or Dobbins ARB is a United States air reserve base located in Marietta, Georgia, a suburb about northwest of Atlanta. It was named in honor of Captain Charles M. Dobbins, a World War II C-47 pilot who died near Sicily...
, Mableton, Peachtree City, Lawrenceville, Cartersville
Cartersville Airport
Cartersville Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Cartersville, in Bartow County, Georgia, United States. It is owned by the Cartersville Bartow Airport Authority.Although many U.S...
, and Kennesaw in metro Atlanta; Athens, Gainesville
Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport
Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located in Gainesville, a city in Hall County, Georgia, United States.- Facilities and aircraft :...
, Macon
Middle Georgia Regional Airport
- History :Early in 1940, Macon's Chamber of Commerce began a campaign to bring war industries and defense installations to the City. Negotiations with the Army Air Corps resulted in a tract of land in a highly developed agricultural area nine miles south of the City known as Avondale being...
, Columbus
Columbus Metropolitan Airport
Columbus Airport is a public use airport located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Columbus, the third largest city in Georgia. It is the 4th busiest airport in the state of Georgia. It is owned by Columbus Airport Commission...
, Rome
Richard B. Russell Airport
Richard B. Russell Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in Floyd County, Georgia, United States. The airport is located six nautical miles north of the central business district of Rome, Georgia. It is also known as Richard B. Russell Regional Airport and J.H...
, and Augusta in Georgia; and Chattanooga, Asheville
Asheville Regional Airport
Asheville Regional Airport is a Class C airport near Interstate 40 and Interstate 26 near the town of Fletcher, south of the city of Asheville, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is owned by the city of Asheville...
, Greenville/Spartanburg
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport , also known as GSP International Airport or Roger Milliken Field, is a public airport located in unincorporated Greenville and Spartanburg counties in South Carolina, United States, 3 miles south of central Greer; the airport serves Greenville and...
, Birmingham, and Montgomery in surrounding states. Although within its listening area, Canton
Cherokee County Airport (Georgia)
Cherokee County Airport is a county owned, public-use airport in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. It is located six nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Canton, Georgia. The airport is adjacent to Interstate 575, about halfway between the city of Canton and the...
is skipped.
It also gives brief summaries of tropical storms which may eventually impact the Southeast.