The National Weather Service radio transmitter at Hall’s Summit is offline again.
The transmitter, which serves Lyon, Coffey and Osage counties as well as parts of Chase, Greenwood and Wabaunsee counties, had an undetermined phone line issue late last month. It’s unclear if similar issues are involved this time after the transmitter went down Thursday morning. The Weather Service says Verizon is researching the situation.
The Weather Service says there are neighboring transmitters that serve some of the affected counties. The closest is WXK91 at Topeka broadcasting on Channel 4 or frequency 162.475 MHz. Its signal covers Lyon and Osage counties as well as the north half of Coffey County.
Station WXL71 out of Abilene, operating on frequency 162.525, covers east Chase and southeast Morris counties, while station WWH22, located in Beaumont and operating on frequency 162.500 MHz, will cover Greenwood and southern Chase counties.