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Nor'Easter Continues to Bring Heavy Rain and Coastal Impacts; Nolo Continues to Impact Hawaii

The nor’easter will weaken tonight, easing beach conditions and coastal flooding, though locally heavy rain will continue in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and New England into Monday. Hurricane Nolo continues to bring strong winds and large waves to Hawaii. A multi-day rain event will return to the Four Corners region Monday and expand to the south-central U.S. by midweek. Read More >

The National Weather Service in Lincoln will be performing a required, scheduled update to its Advanced Weather Information Processing System (AWIPS) through the afternoon of Friday, June 6th. NWS uses AWIPS to display and integrate weather and water information, and to send life-saving information, such as weather and water warnings, to the public.

Due to this upgrade, all NOAA Weather Radio stations operated by the Lincoln NWS office will be off the air during this period:

  • Bloomington:  KZZ-65 (162.525 MHz, channel 6)
  • Champaign:  WXJ-76 (162.550 MHz, channel 7)
  • Galesburg:  KZZ-66 (162.400 MHz, channel 1)
  • Jacksonville:  WXM-90 (162.525 MHz, channel 6)
  • Newton:  KXI-48 (162.450 MHz, channel 3)
  • Paris:  KXI-47 (162.525 MHz, channel 6)
  • Peoria:  WXJ-71 (162.475 MHz, channel 4)
  • Shelbyville:  KXI-46 (162.500 MHz, channel 5)
  • Springfield:  WXJ-75 (162.400 MHz, channel 1)

In the event of severe weather, it will be important to have alternate ways to receive warning information. A number of nearby NWR stations provide some coverage, and smartphone apps that are configured to receive warning products will continue to do so. Here is a listing of nearby stations you can try (note, in some cases, only portions of the county closer to the transmitter site will receive adequate coverage):

 

Station and Channel Counties
Burlington, IA (WXN-83, 162.525 MHz, channel 6) Mercer
Crescent City (KXI-86, 162.500 MHz, channel 5) Ford, Vermilion
Edwardsport, IN (WWG-83, 162.425 MHz, channel 2) Crawford, Lawrence
Evansville, IN (KIG-76, 162.550 MHz, channel 7) Edwards
Hannibal, MO (WXK-82, 162.475 MHz, channel 4) Brown, Pike
Jerseyville (KXI-70, 162.450 MHz, channel 3) Calhoun, Greene, Macoupin
Macomb (WXJ-92, 162.500 MHz, channel 5) Brown, Cass, Fulton, Knox, Mason, Schuyler
Odell (WXK-24, 162.450 MHz, channel 3) Ford, Marshall, McLean, Woodford
Princeton (WXL-22, 162.425 MHz, channel 2) Henry, Marshall, Stark
Rock Island (WXJ-73, 162.550 MHz, channel 7) Henry, Mercer
Salem (KXI-49, 162.475 MHz, channel 4) Clay, Fayette, Marion, Wayne