The National Weather Service in Indianapolis, IN operates 7 transmitters:
WXM-78 Bloomington, 162.450 (MHz)
WWG-72 Georgia, 162.500
(note: Bloomington and Georgia are treated as the same transmitter, Bedford.
The station ID at the top of every cycle states, "This is National Weather
Service radio WXM-78 in Bloomington, and WWG-72 in Georgia.")
WWG-83 Edwardsport, 162.425
KEC-74 Indianapolis, 162.550
WXK-74 Monticello, 162.475
WXK-72 Putnamville, 162.400
KZZ-27 Newport, 162.425
WWG-73 Seymour, 162.525
The Newport transmitter was added in 2001, both to solve coverage problems and aid information dissemination in the case of an incident at the Newport Chemical Depot.
An average broadcast cycle mid-day is as follows:
Station ID
"This is National Weather Service Radio KEC-74 in Indianapolis."
Synopsis/Regional Forecast
*synopsis* "and now a forecast for Indiana and nearby parts of adjacent states..."
Zone Forecast
"The National Weather Service Forecast for the Indianapolis area...
For tonight..."
Eight-to-Fourteen Day Outlook
"The National Weather Service Eight to Fourteen day outlook for...(date)...through...(date)...calls
for temperatures to be above normal...and precipitation to be near normal.
Normal highs for the period are around 85 degrees...and normal lows are around
65. The normal precipitation total for the seven days is around .95
inches." (Obviously, above/near/below and actual normals vary.)
Hourly Weather Roundup
"At 3 o'clock PM...at Indianapolis...it was (sky cond)...the temperature was
** degrees...the dewpoint **...and the relative humidity ** percent.
The wind was XXXXX at ** miles an hour. The barometric pressure was **.**
inches and falling/rising/steady. Elsewhere across Indiana...temperatures
ranged from...it was ... at .........., ... at ..........., and ... at ...........
(Sites outside the state are included also. The HWR lineup of cities
varies by transmitter.)
All basic products, with the exception of the Station ID, are spoken by "Craig." Special products (i.e., watches/warnings/Hazardous Weather Outlook/SPS) are spoken by "Donna."
Other products broadcast by NWS Indianapolis:
Short Term Forecast
Ultraviolet Index Forecast (Daily, May-Sept., 4 PM to 4:30 AM)
Climatological Report (IND only 7-9 AM/PM, others 8-9 AM/PM)
Indiana St. Police Road Rpt. (1130-2 AM/PM, 530-8 AM/PM, Winter only)