Heavy to Excessive Rains in The Four Corners Region and Midwest; Heat Persists in the South-Central U.S.

Repeated rounds of showers and thunderstorms could bring a flash flooding threat across the Four Corners region and from the mid-Mississippi Valley into the lower Great Lakes. Hot temperatures and high humidity will continue to challenge daily records from the Southern Plains to the lower Mississippi Valley. Read More >

KATX (Seattle/Camano Island) will be offline for approximately 2 weeks (starting 09/26/2019) as the 3rd phase of the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) is being completed. The Service Life Extension Program is a 5 year program that replaces and refurbishes major components of the more than 20 year old WSR-88Ds. This will keep our radars operational into the 2030s. In this phase, the transmitter pedestal, one of the most critical parts of the radar, will be refurbished. The pedestal components are extremely heavy and will require the removal of the radome by crane.

The outage is expected to last until October 11th. During this time, the KLGX (WA Coastal Radar) will remain operational.

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Heavy to Excessive Rains in The Four Corners Region and Midwest; Heat Persists in the South-Central U.S.

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