NOAA Weather Radio - WXL70 162.475 in Gastonia OFFLINE

[CLTscanner]

I clicked over to the NOAA Weather station today, (WXL70 - 162.475 in Gastonia) and noticed it is offline.
I checked the website, and sure enough it's showing "Out of Service"

Just curious, does anyone know WHY this NOAA Weather Radio site is offline?
I’m guessing it can’t be transmitter / antenna related, because there is an automated message playing over the air:

“This NOAA Weather Radio Station is temporarily off the air. Please tune to an alternate weather radio broadcast or visit weather.gov for the latest weather information.”

 

[CLTscanner]

Upon further investigation, looks like 8 of the 9 transmitters for the Greenville-Spartanburg NOAA Office are out of service.
So must be a non-radio technical issue.

 

[RaleighGuy]

I clicked over to the NOAA Weather station today, (WXL70 - 162.475 in Gastonia) and noticed it is offline.
I checked the website, and sure enough it's showing "Out of Service"

Just curious, does anyone know WHY this NOAA Weather Radio site is offline?
I’m guessing it can’t be transmitter / antenna related, because there is an automated message playing over the air:

“This NOAA Weather Radio Station is temporarily off the air. Please tune to an alternate weather radio broadcast or visit weather.gov for the latest weather information.”

Weather alerts aren't important according to DOGE and the weather service budget has been slashed.

The National Weather Service Is Understaffed and Facing Huge Cuts—That Could Cost Lives

Weather experts warn that staff cuts at the National Weather Service that have been made by the Trump administration are a danger to public safety as tornadoes, hurricanes and heat loom this spring and summer

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[EAFrizzle]

It's a set of updates being rolled out nationwide. There are several threads mentioning it.

 

[CLTscanner]

@EAFrizzle Mystery solved...! Thanks!

@RaleighGuy I was hoping it wasn't turned off due to funding. But that thought did cross my mind.

 

[jake_Braker]

From the NWS

COMPUTER SYSTEM UPGRADE TO HAVE MINOR IMPACTS ON NWS GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG PRODUCT OFFERINGS JUNE 2 TO 4, 2025

 

[jake_Braker]

From the NWS

COMPUTER SYSTEM UPGRADE TO HAVE MINOR IMPACTS ON NWS GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG PRODUCT OFFERINGS JUNE 2 TO 4, 2025

June 2-4, 2025: NOAA Weather Radio will be off the air in the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia; some web products will be unavailable

Forgot to include the link at the end of that. Whoops