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Dangerous Cold Weather for Most of the Country; Rare Winter Storm for the South; Fire Weather Concerns for Southern California

Arctic air will filter south and east through early this week. As this cold air moves across the South, a rare winter storm is forecast to develop from Texas, Gulf Coast States into the Southeast through early this week. Several new daily record low temperatures are expected, including new record-low maximum temperatures. For Southern California, fire weather concerns increase this week. Read More >

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Problems receiving the NWR broadcast can be due to issues with the NWR transmitter, your NWR receiver, or possibly both.
Please check the list of known outages/degraded service shown at Current Outages before proceeding.

If your transmitter is not listed at Current Outages, the problem may be possibly be with your receiver.
If your NWR receiver is not working properly or you need assistance in programming your NWR receiver,
please click here for a list of manufacturers for assistance.Report NWR transmitter outages (dead air) or failure to receive the weekly test (every Wednesday between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon) local time.

NOTE: The weekly test may not be performed if there is severe weather in the area of the transmitter during the time scheduled for the test.

If you are unable to receive the NWR broadcast and are reasonably certain that your receiver is operating correctly,
please call or text the word "Go" to the following numbers to report NWR Transmitter problems or to get transmitter information.

1-888-886-1227 or 1-888-697-7263

For text messages, message and data rates may apply. Response times may vary by carrier.

Or, send an email to nwroutage@noaa.gov with the following information:

  • Name
  • City, County, and State
  • Station Call Sign
  • Comments regarding the outage
  • Receiver Make and Model
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