Watching Hurricane Erin; Heavy Rainfall Threat for Upper Midwest; Heatrisk for Mississippi Valley

Hurricane Erin continues to track westward with its outer bands bringing heavy rainfall and gusty winds for Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. Life-threatening surf and rip currents are occurring and will spread across the Atlantic coasts this week. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and possible flooding are in the forecast for upper Midwest through Monday. Heatrisk continues for the Mississippi Valley. Read More >

Hastings National Weather Service Radar, KUEX, has returned to normal operations after being down for a day and a half (April 27-28, 2011) due to the replacement of two radome panels. The photographs below illustrate views from the KUEX radar near Blue Hill, NE, and show the crew working on replacing the radome panels.


Looking down from the radar dome.	View of the radar dish antenna.	Looking out across the landscape (southwest).

The town of Blue Hill from the radar (northwest).	Landscape view from the radar (northeast).	Crew replacing a radome panel.

One radome panel removed.	Crew replacing a radome panel.	Crew working on radome panel.

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Watching Hurricane Erin; Heavy Rainfall Threat for Upper Midwest; Heatrisk for Mississippi Valley

April 27-28, 2011: KUEX Radar Radome Panel Replacements