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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
158 PM EDT Wed May 14 2025

...Central Kentucky and South Central Indiana NOAA Weather
Radio Outage Planned Next Week...

The National Weather Service (NWS) Louisville, KY office will
be conducting a required, scheduled update to the
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) from
Monday May 19th through Wednesday May 21st. The NWS uses
the AWIPS computer system to display and integrate weather and
water information, and to send life-saving information, such
as weather and water warnings, to the public.

During the time of this update, forecast and warning operations will
be conducted by our service back-up offices in Paducah and/or
Indianapolis to minimize any potential interruption to services. No
impacts to our core services of forecast products and weather
watches, warnings and advisories are expected during this period.
The KLVX radar will remain operational and its products will
continue to be distributed as normal. The NWS Louisville office will
remain open and staffed at all hours throughout this update period
to help support the NWS Paducah and Indianapolis offices, answer
public and partner phone calls, and additional functions that can be
completed without AWIPS.

However, impacts will occur to the NOAA Weather Radio transmitters
that are maintained by the NWS Louisville office and serve central
Kentucky and South Central Indiana. Beginning around 8 AM on Monday,
May 19th, all of the 9 NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts provided by the
NWS Louisville office will go offline for the duration of this
update. A listing of NOAA Weather Radio transmitters that are
broadcast from the NWS Louisville office can be found online at
weather.gov/nwr/stations?State=KY. NOAA Weather broadcasts are
expected to return to service sometime on Wednesday, May 21st.

During periods of planned or unplanned outages it is important
to have multiple ways to receive warning information. These
alternative sources include: local television/radio, weather
apps on your mobile device, such as the FEMA or Red Cross App,
and at the NWS website at weather.gov/lmk/.

Any questions can be sent to Warning Coordination Meteorologist
Mike Kochasic at michael.kochasic@noaa.gov.

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