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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1151 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2022

...NOAA WEATHER RADIO WXL-94 AT WATERLOO IS DEGRADED...

THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER WXL-94 AT WATERLOO IOWA IS DEGRADED DUE
TO A HARDWARE PROBLEM AND MAY NOT ACTIVATE ALERTS. TECHNICIANS HAVE 
BEEN NOTIFIED, PARTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED, BUT THERE IS NO ESTIMATED 
RESTORE TIME.

THE WATERLOO NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS ON CHANNEL 7...OR A
FREQUENCY OF 162.550 MHZ...AND SERVICES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
IOWA...BLACK HAWK...BREMER...BUCHANAN...BUTLER...CHICKASAW...
FAYETTE...FLOYD...AND GRUNDY.

NEIGHBORING TRANSMITTERS THAT SERVICE SOME OF THESE COUNTIES INCLUDE
KXI-68 AT SAINT ANSGAR BROADCASTING ON CHANNEL 3 OR 162.450 MHZ...KXI-
60 AT DECORAH BROADCASTING ON CHANNEL 6 OR 162.525 MHZ...WWG-86 AT
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN BROADCASTING ON CHANNEL 5 OR 162.500 MHZ...KXI-98 AT
MARSHALLTOWN BROADCASTING ON CHANNEL 5 OR 162.500 MHZ...AND WNG-
666 AT IOWA FALLS BROADCASTING ON CHANNEL 6 OR 162.525 MHZ.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THIS DEGRADATION AND WILL HAVE SERVICE RESTORED AS 
SOON AS POSSIBLE. 

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