NOAA WX Radio and Radars in North Texas Temp. Unavailable

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
ISSUED BY NWS SHREVEPORT LA
955 AM CDT SUN APR 2 2006


A MAJOR TELEPHONE SERVICE OUTAGE IN FORT WORTH TEXAS
HAS RESULTED IN LOSS OF NOAA WEATHER RADIO SERVICE
OVER MOST OF NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS. ALSO...NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADAR DATA FROM FORT WORTH AND GRANGER TEXAS IS
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE.

WEATHER RADIOS AFFECTED BY THIS OUTAGE INCLUDE...
FORT WORTH...DALLAS...SHERMAN...PARIS...WACO...
CORSICANA...STEPHENVILLE...CUMBY...PALESTINE...
CISCO...MUENSTER...MINERAL WELLS AND MILANO.

AT THIS TIME...THERE IS NO ESTIMATION OF HOW LONG THESE
OUTAGES WILL CONTINUE.

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A worker cut a local data line. Shreveport currently backing up NWS FTW. Norman preparing to step in next.

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Someone doing some digging outside the office. Must have been a local break to affect their AWIPS comms.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1015 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2006

ALL HAZARDS...NOAA WEATHER RADIOS SHOULD NOW BE TRANSMITTING
NORMALLY TO ALL TRANSMITTER SITES. TELCO HAS INFORMED THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH THAT THE TELEPHONE LINE THAT WAS CUT
EARLIER TODAY...IS NEARLY FULLY REPAIRED. IF YOU EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS
RECEIVING OUR BROADCASTS ON YOUR LOCAL RECEIVERS...PLEASE NOTIFY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH.