CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — The Corpus Christi National Weather Service (NWS) is nearing the completion of a project to restore its weather radio transmitter, following an eight-month outage caused by the loss of a previous tower location.

The return of the Corpus Christi transmitter, crucial for broadcasting weather alerts, is expected by the end of June, according to John Metz, meteorologist in charge at the NWS.

KRIS 6 was first made aware of the downed station when several residents contacted us with reports of 24/7 static on several radio devices when attempting to tune into KHB41 (162.550).

Metz explained that the outage began in October due to the need to relocate equipment from Wilson Plaza Tower in downtown Corpus Christi. The National Weather Service has since identified a new tower

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