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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
425 AM EDT Mon May 12 2025

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh will be conducting a
required, scheduled update to our Advanced Weather Interactive
Processing System (AWIPS) from Tuesday May 13th at about 7 am
through approximately Thursday May 15th around 5 pm.   The NWS uses
the AWIPS computer system to display and integrate weather and water
information, and to send life-saving information, such as weather
and water warnings, to the public.

During the time of the update, forecast operations will be conducted
by our service back-up office in Charleston, WV to minimize any
potential interruption to services.   No impacts to our core
services of forecast products and weather watches, warnings and
advisories are expected during this period.  However, limited
impacts will occur to the following services:

NOAA Weather Transmitters:  All NOAA Weather Radio transmitters
maintained by NWS Pittsburgh will be off air through the time of
install.   This includes the following transmitters in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and West Virginia:   New Philadelphia, High Hill,
Bridgeport, Morgantown, Greggs Knob, Backbone Mountain, Pittsburgh,
Parker, and Reynoldsville.

Local graphical forecast maps that are hosted in numerous places on
www.weather.gov/pbz will not be updated.   This includes all maps on
the Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook page
(https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=pbz), the majority of the
graphics on the Emergency Managers Self Brief
(https://www.weather.gov/pbz/weatherbriefingpage) and Winter Weather
page (https://www.weather.gov/pbz/winter)

The forecast office in Pittsburgh will remain open and staffed
throughout this period for public and partner phone calls and
additional functions that can be completed without AWIPS.

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Craven