UPDATE #2, 8:30 p.m.: Both the Gibson County radar and the Evansville NWR transmitter are back in operation.
UPDATE #1, 5:50 p.m.: The National Weather Service Paducah WFO reports that both the Evansville and McLeansboro NOAA Weather Radio transmitters as well as the Gibson County, Ind. and Fort Campbell, Ky. weather radars will remain down "through tonight." The outage, which began this morning, is due to the failure of a fiber optic cable.
PREVIOUSLY: The NOAA Weather Radio transmitters in Evansville (KIG76) and McLeansboro (KXI52) are down again, the Paducah weather forecast office reports.
UPDATE #1, 5:50 p.m.: The National Weather Service Paducah WFO reports that both the Evansville and McLeansboro NOAA Weather Radio transmitters as well as the Gibson County, Ind. and Fort Campbell, Ky. weather radars will remain down "through tonight." The outage, which began this morning, is due to the failure of a fiber optic cable.
PREVIOUSLY: The NOAA Weather Radio transmitters in Evansville (KIG76) and McLeansboro (KXI52) are down again, the Paducah weather forecast office reports.
Blame for the outage is being placed on a broken phone line, Eyewitness News meteorologist David Heckard tweeted earlier. The Paducah office, officially, would only say it was "an apparent communications failure."
In addition, the Gibson County Doppler radar (KVWX) is also down.
A sizable portion of the Tri-State is under a slight risk for severe weather today, making speedy repairs essential.
More updates as they become available.
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