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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
625 AM EDT Tue Apr 13 2021

...Planned Outage for KCLE Weather Radar Due to Maintenance...

Beginning Thursday, April 15, 2021, the KCLE WSR-88D weather
radar operated by the NOAA National Weather Service Forecast
Office in Cleveland, OH, will be down for approximately seven days
for technicians to install a new generator and refurbish the
building that it is in. This activity is important to support the
radar`s operation during periods of commercial power outages,
specifically when hazardous weather is present. We anticipate the
radar will be back up and operational by Thursday, April 22, 2021.

During the outage, radar coverage is available from adjacent
radar sites including TLVE - Cleveland, KDTX - Detroit, KIWX -
North Webster, KILN - Wilmington, KPBZ - Pittsburgh, and KBUF -
Buffalo.

This is the third of four major upgrades, known as service life
extension projects (SLEPs), being completed between 2017 and 2022
to replace and refurbish major components of the 20 year old WSR-
88Ds and to keep the radars operational into the 2030s. The $150M
investment is being made by the three organizations that use these
radars: the NOAA National Weather Service, United States Air
Force and Federal Aviation Administration. The final SLEP includes
the pedestal refurbishment, which is planned to be completed in
March 2022.

For more information on the SLEP projects, visit this
website provide by the Radar Operations Center:
https://www.roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/SLEP/SLEP.aspx

If you have any questions, please contact Patrick Saunders at
patrick.saunders@noaa.gov

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