Just an FYI for anyone in eastern North Carolina depending on a NOAA weather radio...
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
947 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2018
...OUTAGES AT ALL EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER
SITES...
ALL NOAA WEATHER RADIO (NWR) TRANSMITTERS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
SUPPORTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) MOREHEAD CITY ARE DOWN.
WINDS FROM HURRICANE FLORENCE HAVE DISRUPTED SERVICE FOR THE FOLLOWING
NWR TRANSMITTER SITES:
KXI95 IN WARSAW IN DUPLIN COUNTY
KIG77 IN CAPE HATTERAS ON THE OUTER BANKS
KEC84 IN NEW BERN IN CRAVEN COUNTY
WWH26 IN MAIMEE IN CURRITUCK COUNTY
GIVEN THE LIFE THREATENING WEATHER RISKS ACROSS THE REGION, LISTENERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR SURROUNDING NWR BROADCASTS IF AVAILABLE BY
CHANGING YOUR RADIO FREQUENCY. USERS SHOULD ALSO SET THEIR INDIVIDUAL
CELL PHONES FOR WEATHER EMERGENCY ALERTS.
IF POWER AND INTERNET ACCESS ARE STILL AVAILABLE IN YOUR AREA, YOU CAN
FIND INFORMATION ON SETTING CELL PHONE ALERTS AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WRN/WEA. ADDITIONAL AND MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE ON
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX. PLEASE FOLLOW @NWSMOREHEADCITY ON
TWITTER AND FACEBOOK AND SHARE ANY STORM REPORTS.