Update: Eastern Arkansas Weather Radio Transmitters Working Again after Brief Outage
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: January 29, 2013
Update (9:50 a.m.):
Weather transmitters at the National Weather Service office in Memphis are operational again after an outage earlier this morning.
At 9:45, the office released the following public information statement:
...NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE...
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS IS
CURRENTLY UP AND RUNNING. FULL SERVICE IS EXPECTED.
Original story (8:30 a.m.):
With severe weather in the forecast for the Mid-South, a weather radio transmitter problem discovered this morning at the Memphis office of the National Weather Service is cause for concern.
Arkansas stations that are currently offline are located in Marvell and Jonesboro and serve the counties in Eastern Arkansas (see map below).
The weather radios are not working because a part that transmits the signal is broken.
John Robinson with the NWS office in Little Rock says they will reprogram their transmitter in North Little Rock to catch some of the Eastern Arkansas counties, but they cannot do all of them.
The part to fix the problem has been ordered but may not arrive until after today.
Weather transmitters at the National Weather Service office in Memphis are operational again after an outage earlier this morning.
At 9:45, the office released the following public information statement:
...NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE...
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS IS
CURRENTLY UP AND RUNNING. FULL SERVICE IS EXPECTED.
Original story (8:30 a.m.):
With severe weather in the forecast for the Mid-South, a weather radio transmitter problem discovered this morning at the Memphis office of the National Weather Service is cause for concern.
Arkansas stations that are currently offline are located in Marvell and Jonesboro and serve the counties in Eastern Arkansas (see map below).
The weather radios are not working because a part that transmits the signal is broken.
John Robinson with the NWS office in Little Rock says they will reprogram their transmitter in North Little Rock to catch some of the Eastern Arkansas counties, but they cannot do all of them.
The part to fix the problem has been ordered but may not arrive until after today.
Severe weather is expected Tuesday afternoon and night across much of Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, and western Tennessee.
With the severe weather threat, have a safe place in mind, and be ready to go there if a warning is issued for your area.
Click here to bookmark My Interactive Radar and follow storms that move into your area.
Be prepared now, click here to sign up for KARK 4 severe weather alerts.
Links to weather radio apps for iPhone, iPad & android.
iMap Weather Radio from iTunes
iMap Weather Radio from Google
Free Android Weather Radio App
S.A.M.E. codes for every county in Arkansas:
You use these codes to program your weather radio for your county. It also lists the frequency the radio should be tuned to in many towns to get the weather radio transmission. These frequencies will work for most, but you should always try a couple near you to see which one sounds best for your area.
Click here to bookmark My Interactive Radar and follow storms that move into your area.
Be prepared now, click here to sign up for KARK 4 severe weather alerts.
Links to weather radio apps for iPhone, iPad & android.
iMap Weather Radio from iTunes
iMap Weather Radio from Google
Free Android Weather Radio App
S.A.M.E. codes for every county in Arkansas:
You use these codes to program your weather radio for your county. It also lists the frequency the radio should be tuned to in many towns to get the weather radio transmission. These frequencies will work for most, but you should always try a couple near you to see which one sounds best for your area.
