The Doppler radar in Grand Rapids that helps monitor a large portion of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula is down as storms are expected overnight and the risk of severe weather increases Tuesday.
The National Weather Service says the outage was not planned and involves a part that does not usually fail. Meteorologist Joe Ceru said technicians have brought in a replacement part and the tools needed for repairs from a neighboring office.
“There was a part that typically, we don’t typically have failures with, but we are able to obtain the part and the tool to fix said part on our radar from a neighboring office,” Ceru said. “Our technicians are in the midst of repairing it, as we speak.”…