NWS Boulder Scheduled Weather Radio Outage 4/29-5/1

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From NWS Boulder (Denver area):

"Beginning at 8 AM on Tuesday, April 29 all of the 12 NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts provided by the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Boulder, Colorado will go off the air due to a computer system upgrade. A listing of NOAA Weathr Radio transmitters that will be impacted can be found at weather.gov/nwr/wfo_list?WFO=BOU. NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts are expected to return to service midday Thursday, May 1st.

During periods of planned or unplanned outages it is important to have multiple ways to receive warning information. These alternative sources include: local television or radio, weather apps on your mobile device, and at the NWS website at weather.gov/denver.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."

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I am reading other areas that are also having periods of down time. I thought this was one of the Federal agencies that was headed to the chopping block. I am curious. I would hate for folks to be without an alarmable weather receiver.

 

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Additional on the what and why. From NWS Boulder.

"The National Weather Service in Denver/Boulder, Colorado will be conducting a required, scheduled update to their Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) system from April 29th 7:00AM MDT through midday May 1st. The NWS uses the AWIPS computer system to display and integrate weather and water information, and to send life-saving information, such as weather and water warnings, to the public.

During the time of the update, forecast operations will be conducted by our service back-up office in Pueblo, Colorado, and our tertiary backup office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to minimize any potential interruption to services. No impacts to our core services of forecast products and weather watches, warnings and advisories are expected during this period."

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