Why Portland's National Weather Service radar went out morning of winter ice storm

Category: Weather

The NEXRAD radar in Portland, which tracks weather in northwest Oregon, experienced a five-hour outage due to a blown fuse during a power switch. This disruption affected the accuracy of weather reports, particularly in Salem, where snow was occurring but not detected by the radar. NWS officials utilized alternative methods to monitor weather conditions until the radar was restored.

Keywords: NEXRAD, Portland, weather outage

Source: Statesman Journal

Update At: 2/14/2025

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