NOAA Weather Radio Outage Expands in Southeast States

Multiple National Weather Service (NWS) offices, including Memphis, Mobile, and Greenville-Spartanburg, are temporarily shutting down NOAA Weather Radio transmitters in Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama, and the Carolinas this week for scheduled AWIPS system upgrades. The outages, running from May 27 through May 29 or 30, are essential to improve weather processing systems vital for issuing life-saving warnings and maintaining security. During this period, weather radios will not provide alerts, so residents are urged to use alternative sources such as phone apps, local news, and social media for updates, especially with ongoing severe weather threats. Forecast operations will continue through backup offices to ensure no interruption to core forecast services. The upgrades are planned and cannot be postponed, even though they coincide with active weather. Residents are encouraged to have multiple ways to receive weather warnings until services resume.