National weather radars are not down, federal officials say

Weather radars are not down, National Weather Service says Advertisement Updated: 6:32 PM CST Nov 13, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Matt Cudahy Digital Curator Weather radars are not down, National Weather Service says Updated: 6:32 PM CST Nov 13, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Matt Cudahy Digital Curator Nationwide weather radars are not experiencing an outage Friday night. That is according to the National Weather Service, which put out a statement on social media debunking the fast-moving rumor. Advertisement "In case you heard otherwise, there is no radar outage and https://radar.weather.gov is fully operational!" NWS wrote. "Outdated content from isolated webpages stating otherwise has been circulating, but NWS radars are operating normally." Homeland Security secretary says no indication yet of nefarious act behind FAA communications issue The rumor started soon after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a rare nationwide ground stop due to "extraordinary circumstances" caused by communications problems at regional air traffic control centers. It's the second time since Sept. 11, 2001, that such an order has been issued. The last was January 2023, when a key FAA computer system malfunctioned. Federal officials are investigating what caused the flight system problem and flights remained grounded as of early Friday evening. But rest assured, the weather system is still operational. How long is the nationwide ground stop going to last? An aviation expert weighs in RADIO TRAFFIC RECORDING: Student pilot seeks help during nationwide ground stop QUIZ: Did you keep up with the news this week? Make WISN a preferred source on Google Add Preferred Source Share Infinite Scroll Enabled Top Picks How long is the nationwide ground stop going to last? Flights halted at airports across US due to air traffic control communications problems QUIZ: This week in national news New Orleans cruise ship collision: All accounted for, 32 hospitalized