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Public Information Statement

National Weather Service Blacksburg VA

839 AM EDT Mon May 12 2025



...National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Blacksburg, 

Virginia Scheduled Outage...



The National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in 

Blacksburg, VA will be conducting a required, scheduled 

update to their Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System 

(AWIPS) from May 13, 2025 through approximately May 15, 2025. 



The NWS uses the AWIPS computer system to display and integrate 

weather and water information, and to send lifesaving 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 Raleigh, NC 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. However, limited impacts will occur 

to the following services:





NOAA Weather Transmitters: All NOAA Weather Radio Transmitters 

maintained by NWS Blacksburg will be off the air through the time 

of the update. This includes the following transmitters in North 

Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia:

Mount Jefferson (WNG88 – 162.500 MHz)

Richlands (WZ2543 – 162.425 MHz)

Wytheville (WZ2500 – 162.450 MHz)

Roanoke (WXL60 – 162.475 MHz)

Lynchburg (WXL92 – 162.550 MHz)

South Boston (KJY86 – 162.525 MHz)

Hinton (WXM72 – 162.425 MHz)



Water Level Forecasts: Water level forecast services will be 

degraded due to a less frequent update cycle. Forecasts will 

remain on https://water.noaa.gov/wfo/rnk through this period. 



Local graphical forecast maps that are hosted in numerous places 

on www.weather.gov/rnk will not be updated. 

This includes all maps on the Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook

page (https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=rnk), the majority of 

the graphics on the Emergency Managers Self Brief page 

(https://www.weather.gov/rnk/emer), some experimental fire 

applications (https://www.weather.gov/rnk/fire), climate graphs 

for Blacksburg Forecast Area 

(https://www.weather.gov/rnk/climatePlots), and the Weather Story 

(https://www.weather.gov/rnk/weatherstory).



The forecast office in Blacksburg, VA will remain open and 

staffed through the period for public and partner phone calls 

and additional functions that can be completed without AWIPS. 

For any questions please email rnk.webmaster@noaa.gov





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Public Information Statement

National Weather Service Green Bay WI

740 AM CDT Mon May 12 2025



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Langlade-Menominee-Northern Oconto County-Door-Marathon-Shawano-

Wood-Portage-Waupaca-Outagamie-Brown-Kewaunee-Waushara-Winnebago-

Calumet-Manitowoc-Southern Marinette County-

Southern Oconto County-

740 AM CDT Mon May 12 2025



...Software Upgrade Will Impact NOAA Weather Radio This Week...



The National Weather Service in Green Bay, Wisconsin will be 

conducting a required, scheduled update to their Advanced Weather 

Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) system from around 8 AM CDT 

Tuesday, May 13 through approximately the evening of Thursday May 

15, 2025. 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 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 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. However, limited impacts 

will occur to the following services: 



NOAA Weather Transmitters: All NOAA Weather Radio transmitters 

maintained by NWS Green Bay will be off air through the time of the 

install. A listing of NOAA Weather Radio transmitters that will be 

impacted can be found at weather.gov/nwr/wfo_list?WFO=GRB.



During periods of planned or unplanned outages it is important to 

have multiple ways to receive warning information. These alternative 

sources include: local television/radio, weather apps on your mobile 

device, such as the FEMA or Red Cross App, and at the NWS website at 

weather.gov/grb/.



Local graphical forecast maps that are hosted in numerous places on 

www.weather.gov/grb will not be updated. This includes all maps on 

the Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook page 

(https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=grb).  



The KGRB radar will remain operational and its products will 

continue to be distributed as normal. The NWS Green Bay office will 

remain open and staffed at all hours throughout this update period 

to answer public and partner phone calls, and additional functions 

that can be completed while our AWIPS is upgraded.



Please contact us at NWS.GreenBay@noaa.gov with any questions.



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