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Public Information Statement

National Weather Service Peachtree City GA

1023 AM EDT Tue May 5 2026



...ATHENS NWR TRANSMITTER IS OFF THE AIR...



NOAA Weather Radio transmitter at Athens...WXK 56 on 162.400...

will be intermittently off the air for routine maintenance. 

Service is expected to be restored by around 1 PM EDT. WXK 56 

provides service to the Georgia counties of 

Banks...Barrow...Clarke...Elbert... 

Franklin...Greene...Hall...Hart...Jackson...Madison...Morgan... 

Oconee...Oglethorpe...Taliaferro...Walton...and Wilkes.



Alternate service for the affected areas can be received from

transmitters at Washington...KPS 506 on 162.500...Eatonton...KXI

89 on 162.525...Cleveland...WXJ 53 on 162.525...and Toccoa...WWH

24 on 162.425. Weather information is also available from

weather.gov/atlanta.



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