NOAA Weather Radio's and Some Climate Products Unavailable

Extreme Fire Weather Concerns for the Western U.S.; Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.

Extremely critical fire weather conditions are expected to develop across the Great Basin and Southwest today, and exceptionally dry and windy conditions will promote rapid wildfire spread through the weekend. Scattered severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are possible across parts of the Ozark Plateau into lower Ohio Valley and parts of the northern Rockies into adjacent Great Plains. Read More >

602 NOUS45 KBYZ 221511 PNSBYZ Public Information Statement National Weather Service Billings MT 910 AM MDT Tue Apr 22 2025 Public Information Statement The Billings, MT National Weather Service office will be undergoing a computer upgrade of their systems that require some regular products and services to be unavailable between Monday, April, 28 and Wednesday, April, 30. This includes suspended service of the NOAA Weather Radio transmitters and some routine climate text products such as the Daily Climate Report (CLI), Preliminary Monthly Climate Data (CF6), and Routine Temperature and Precipitation (RTP). These products and services will become unavailable the morning of Monday, April, 28 and resume Wednesday, April, 30 late in the day. The forecast office will continue regular operations during this time with all other normally scheduled products and services continuing uninterrupted. We apologize for any inconvenience this temporary suspension of these products and services may cause. The observation data used to create the impacted climate text products will still be available for users throughout this timeframe. We encourage users in the area to have multiple ways to receive warnings and to ensure they have Wireless Emergency Alerts turned on on their phones. If you have any questions, please feel free to email the office at nws.billings@noaa.gov $$