National Weather Service Radar Tower Down
6/15/18

SPRINGFIELD -- The tower went out of commission just before storms hit Thursday night.

The National Weather Service in Springfield will be without radar for the next few days.

Just before last nights storms -- which brought hail through the Ozarks -- the radar went down as one of the gear joints broke in the tower.

The nearly 25-year-old tower is aging, and until it is fixed, the NWS has help on their side.

With their radar tower breaking down just before some severe weather came through, Meteorologist Mike Griffin with the National Weather Service says the NWS team was able to make it through last night, and Friday has gone smoothly as well.

"So far we haven't had much development with storms today, but we are lucky enough that we can dial in and look at our neighboring offices like Tulsa, Fort Smith radar, Kansas City radar, St. Louis, and Paducah. So, we look at those neighboring radars to get at least a little look at what's going on or what's developing over us in the Ozarks," says Griffin.

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Figures it would be the one that services my region.
Luckily there is overlapping coverage, like they said. I use that radar network all the time, and would hate to be without coverage during some of these Ozark storms. Thursday night's storm were intense.