NOAA Warns of Brutal Atlantic Hurricane Season
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During what could be a severe weather event Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, an update at the National Weather Service (NWS) in Birmingham will cause NOAA Weather Radio alerts to be down. The NWS says outage will be caused by a required and scheduled update to the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) beginning Monday,
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NOAA Weather Radios in central Alabama will also not broadcast warnings during the Tuesday evening and overnight storms
However, the weather service cautioned that “all NOAA Radio transmitters maintained by NWS Birmingham will be off the air through the time of the install.” This includes these transmitters: Winfield, Oneonta, Birmingham, Anniston, Tuscaloosa, Demopolis, Selma, Montgomery, Auburn and Texasville.