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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
241 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025
..UPDATE ON GALVESTON NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOLLOWING THE MARCH 25TH FIRE THAT DESTROYED THE GALVESTON NOAA
WEATHER RADIO (NWR) TRANSMITTER AND SHELTER, WE WANT TO PROVIDE
SOME INFORMATION REGARDING WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ITS FUTURE REPLACEMENT
STATUS...AND SOME THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO NOT KNOW.
- NWS OFFICIALS DECIDED TO MOVE THE LOCATION OF THE REPLACEMENT
TRANSMITTER TO A NEW TOWER AT NO COST TO THE AGENCY MOVING
FORWARD.
- A TEMPORARY TRANSMITTER AND ANTENNA HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND
ORDERED IN AN EFFORT TO GET THE NWR BROADCAST BACK ON THE AIR AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE. THIS TEMPORARY SET UP IS ANTICIPATED TO BE
BACK IN SERVICE BY AUGUST 31ST.
- THE TEMPORARY TRANSMITTER WILL NOT BROADCAST AT AS HIGH OF A
POWER AS THE ORIGINAL TRANSMITTER AND THE TEMPORARY ANTENNA
WILL NOT BE AS HIGH ON THE NEW TOWER AS THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS.
THEREFORE, THE GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE OF THIS TEMPORARY BROADCAST
WILL BE LESS THAN THE ORIGINAL BROADCAST PROVIDED.
- THE PROCESS TO PERMANENTLY INSTALL A NEW SHELTER, TRANSMITTER
AND MOUNTING CONTINUES. A NEW PERMANENT TRANSMITTER IS ON ORDER.
AS SOON AS A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS CAN BE COMPLETED AND REVIEWED
ON THE NEW TOWER, MOUNTING PARTS AND CABLING WILL BE ORDERED AND
INSTALLATION WILL BE SCHEDULED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
- WHILE A FIRM INSTALLATION DATE CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED UNTIL THE
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE
PERMANENT SYSTEM INSTALLED AND ON THE AIR BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.
- SINCE THE NEW TRANSMITTER WILL BE LOCATED A FEW MILES FROM THE
PREVIOUS LOCATION, THERE WILL BE SOME PERMANENT CHANGES TO THE
BROADCAST COVERAGE PATTERN THAT HAVE YET TO BE DETERMINED.
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