Severe Weather (Arkansas)

Last Updated: January 13, 2024, 8:37 am

Frequencies

Other Arkansas Weather Nets

Central Arkansas Wx Independent Nets

The Central Arkansas UHF group links repeaters during severe weather, including to the W5RHS repeater in Benton, the N5YU Holley Mountain linked system and the K5PXP repeater in Russellville, effectively multiplying the number of repeaters on the air during severe weather! (see http://www.cauhf.org/repeaters.php)

FrequencyInputLicenseTypeToneTone InAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
145.110144.510 NN5NN RM 151.4 PL FOX Fox Skywarn FM Ham
146.820  K5PXP RM Rvr Vlly SKY AR River Valley Amateur Radio Foundation FM Ham
146.880146.280 W5LVB RM 114.8 PL Diamnd SKY Diamond Lakes Area Skywarn (Hot Springs) FM Ham
147.120147.620 KD5BKG RM Mtn. View Mountain View Skywarn FM Ham
147.180147.680 KD5BKG RM CALICO ROCK Calico Rock Skywarn FM Ham
147.270147.870 K5BRC RM 94.8 PL 94.8 PL BATESVILLE Batesville Area Radio Club repeater FM Ham

Central Arkansas Radio Emergency Net (CAREN)

North Sector

This group serves the National Weather Service Office in Little Rock, Arkansas.

FrequencyInputLicenseTypeToneTone InAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
145.370144.770 W5DI BM CLINTON Arkansas Skywarn Net FM Ham
Central Sector
FrequencyInputLicenseTypeToneTone InAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
144.590  AC5DK BM LIT59 Arkansas Packet Network (APN) - (Monitor Only!) FM Ham
146.940146.340 W5DI BM 114.8 PL PRIMARY Skywarn Little Rock FM Ham
147.030147.630 N5YU BM Conway SKY Conway Skywarn FM Ham
147.120147.720 W5RHS BM Benton SKY Benton Skywarn FM Ham
147.360147.960 BM 136.5 PL Hot Spg AREN Hot Spring Co AREN FM Ham
444.200449.200 W5DI BM 114.8 PL UHF CROSSPTC Skywarn Little Rock FM Ham
East Sector
FrequencyInputLicenseTypeToneTone InAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
147.315147.915 W5DI BM 114.8 PL 114.8 PL Russell SKY Arkansas Skywarn Net FM Ham
South Sector
FrequencyInputLicenseTypeToneTone InAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
146.670  W5DI RM 114.8 PL 114.8 PL Star City Arkansas Skywarn Net FM Ham
West Sector
FrequencyInputLicenseTypeToneTone InAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
147.270147.870 W5DI BM 114.8 PL 114.8 PL BISMARCK Arkansas Skywarn Net FM Ham
147.285147.885 W5DI BM 114.8 PL CLARKSVILLE Skywarn/Emergency Nets FM Ham

Mid-South SKYWARN Organization

HF Operations

This group serves the National Weather Service Office in Memphis, Tennessee.

FrequencyInputLicenseTypeToneTone InAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
3.862  BM Areawide Ops Areawide Ops (CW/LSB Mode) AM Ham
Central Area Ops
FrequencyInputLicenseTypeToneTone InAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
443.200  N5CG RM 114.8 PL LR SKYWARN Little Rock Area SKYWARN - Chenal Mtn. FM Ham
District 1 - Northwest Area Ops

Serves the Arkansas counties of: Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, and Randolph.

FrequencyInputLicenseTypeToneTone InAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
147.165147.765 R 1 PRIMARY 1 Primary - Districtwide FM Ham
146.610146.010 R 1 ALTERNATE Alternate - Districtwide FM Ham
145.470144.470 R 1 GREENE Greene County Net FM Ham
147.045147.645 R 1 LAWRENCE Lawrence County Net FM Ham
145.410144.810 R 1 RANDOLPH Randolph County Net FM Ham
District 2 - Bootheel Area Ops

Serves the Arkansas County of Mississippi and the Missouri Counties of Dunklin and Pemiscot.

FrequencyInputLicenseTypeToneTone InAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
146.985146.385 R 2 PRIMARY 1 Primary - Districtwide FM Ham
146.670146.070 R 2 MISS. Mississippi County Net FM Ham
146.925146.325 R 2 PEMISCOT Pemiscot County Net FM Ham
District 3 - Eastern Arkansas Area Ops
FrequencyInputLicenseTypeToneTone InAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
147.150147.750 R 3 PRIMARY 1 Primary - Districtwide FM Ham
444.775449.775 R 3 LINK 1 Link to other areas. FM Ham
146.550  BM 3 CROSS Cross County Net (Simplex mode) FM Ham

Tulsa NWS Area

Operations

This group serves the National Weather Service Office in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

FrequencyInputLicenseTypeToneTone InAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
443.850448.850 W5IAS R 88.5 PL Tulsa Prmry Primary FM Ham
442.250447.250 W5IAS R 88.5 PL Ft Smth Lnk Fort Smith area link FM Ham
442.850447.850 W5IAS R 123.0 PL Bntn Co Lnk Benton County area link FM Ham
442.125447.125 W5IAS R 88.5 PL Prmry Lnk Primary Areawide Link FM Ham
444.625449.625 W5IAS R 88.5 PL Latimer Lnk Latimer County Link to 443.85 repeater (NWS-Tulsa) FM Ham
444.925449.925 W5IAS R 88.5 PL Fayttvll Lnk Fayetteville area link FM Ham
444.975449.975 W5IAS R 88.5 PL Pittsburg Lk Pittsburg County Link to 443.85 repeater (NWS-Tulsa) FM Ham

Storm Chasers

Amateur Storm Chasers

Note: The use of a CTCSS (PL) tone is designed to help eliminate any bleedover from paging systems and intermod in metropolitan areas. If possible, leave your CTCSS (PL) decoder in open receive mode.

The Storm View Live Chasers frequencies are mobile car to car operations only, and are active in Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, and 0klahoma.

 
FrequencyInputLicenseTypeToneTone InAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag
146.550  M 114.8 PL PRIMARY Many Amateur storm chasers use or monitor this frequency FM Ham
146.460  M 114.8 PL SECONDARY Alternate to 146.550 MHz. FM Ham
223.520  M 114.8 PL 1.25 METERS Simplex FM Ham
446.075  M 114.8 PL 70 CM Simplex - (often used for cross patching to 146.550 MHz.) FM Ham
446.100  M 114.8 PL 70 CM ALT Alternate to 446.075 MHz. FM Ham
1,294.550  M 114.8 PL 23 CM Simplex FM Ham
151.820  M 100.0 PL SVLC 1 Storm View Live Chasers FMN Emergency Ops
151.880  M 100.0 PL SVLC 2 Storm View Live Chasers FMN Emergency Ops
151.940  M 100.0 PL SVLC 3 Storm View Live Chasers FMN Emergency Ops