Rock Hill NWR Outage

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NWS Columbia CAE March 2025 Climate Summary

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
1127 AM EDT TUE SEP 24 2024  
  
...EXTENDED NOAA WEATHER RADIO OUTAGE ON THE ROCK HILL  
TRANSMITTER...  
  
THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS TRANSMITTER BROADCASTING FROM   
ROCK HILL SOUTH CAROLINA, SERVING THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS,   
WAS DAMAGED DUE TO AN APPARENT LIGHTNING STRIKE AND HAS BEEN OFF  
THE AIR FOR SEVERAL DAYS. TECHNICIANS HAVE DETERMINED THAT EXTENSIVE  
REPAIRS NEED TO BE MADE BEFORE THE BROADCAST CAN BE RE-ESTABLISHED.  
THIS PROCESS LIKELY WILL TAKE A FEW WEEKS. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY   
INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE OUR LISTENERS IN LANCASTER AND   
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTIES.  
  
WITH ROCK HILL NOT LIKELY TO RETURN TO SERVICE UNTIL MID TO LATE  
OCTOBER, LISTENERS ARE ADVISED TO TUNE THEIR RADIOS TO DIFFERENT  
FREQUENCIES IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE WEATHER ALERTS FROM  
NOAA.   
  
AS ALWAYS, FAIRFIELD COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE WEATHER   
ALERTS FROM THE COLUMBIA, SC TRANSMITTER. HOWEVER, UNTIL THE ROCK   
HILL TRANSMITTER IS FULLY REPAIRED, LANCASTER COUNTY HAS BEEN   
TEMPORARILY ADDED TO THE FOLLOWING TRANSMITTERS TO RECEIVE   
WEATHER ALERTS.  
  
FOR NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY  
CHARLOTTE NC TRANSMITTER (WXL70): 162.475 MHZ  
HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/NWR/SITES?SITE=WXL70  
  
FOR SOUTHERN LANCASTER AND NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTIES  
COLUMBIA SC TRANSMITTER (WXJ20): 162.400 MHZ  
HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/NWR/SITES?SITE=WXJ20  
  
FOR EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY  
CHERAW SC TRANSMITTER (WXK90): 162.450 MHZ  
HTTPS://WEATHER.GOV/NWR/SITES?SITE=WXK90