PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
250 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

...LITTLE ROCK NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER IS BACK ON THE AIR...
...RUSSELL NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER REMAINS OFF THE AIR...

THE LITTLE ROCK TRANSMITTER...WXJ 55...IS NOW BACK BROADCASTING...AS
PHONE LINE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED.

HOWEVER...THE RUSSELL TRANSMITTER...KXI 96...REMAINS OFF THE AIR DUE
TO A DAMAGED ANTENNA. WITH THE COMPLEX WORK NEEDED TO REPAIR THE
ANTENNA...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO RESTORE SERVICE. IT MAY BE TWO
WEEKS BEFORE REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED.

WITH THE RUSSELL TRANSMITTER BEING DOWN...THERE ARE OTHER
TRANSMITTERS AVAILABLE TO ALERT THE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS
WILL NEED TO SWITCH THEIR WEATHER RADIOS TO THE APPROPRIATE
TRANSMITTER. THE FOLLOWING TABLE INDICATES WHICH ADDITIONAL
TRANSMITTER SERVES EACH COUNTY.

COUNTY          TRANSMITTER             FREQUENCY
-----------------------------------------------------------

CLEBURNE        LITTLE ROCK WXJ-55      162.550 - CHANNEL 7

INDEPENDENCE    MOUNTAIN VIEW WXL-66    162.450 - CHANNEL 3

JACKSON         JONESBORO WXJ-51        162.550 - CHANNEL 7

LONOKE          LITTLE ROCK WXJ-55      162.550 - CHANNEL 7

MONROE          MARVELL WNG-643         162.525 - CHANNEL 6

PRAIRIE         LITTLE ROCK WXJ-55      162.550 - CHANNEL 7

WHITE           LITTLE ROCK WXJ-55      162.550 - CHANNEL 7

WOODRUFF        JONESBORO WXJ-51        162.550 - CHANNEL 7

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