By SUZANNE DOWNING
Nov. 13, 2026 — The National Weather Service reported nationwide internet and communications problems Friday, warning that some weather information on its websites could be unavailable or outdated as technicians worked to restore service.
The disruption surfaced the same day the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a rare nationwide ground stop because of air traffic control communications problems. No connection between the two disruptions has been confirmed.
Local weather offices continued issuing watches, warnings, and forecasts despite the website problems. Some products remained available through outside websites, and the agency directed users to official local National Weather Service social media accounts for updates.
“The NWS has been experiencing nation-wide internet and communications issues,” the agency said in its notice, cautioning that information displayed online might be old. Technicians were working to resolve the problems.
The disruption also generated claims of a nationwide weather radar failure. In a subsequent clarification on its official X account, the Weather Service said its radars were operating normally and that radar.weather.gov remained operational.
Meanwhile, the FAA’s separate communications failure affected the regional centers that guide aircraft between airports. The nationwide ground stop prevented departures while allowing aircraft already airborne to land.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no indication at that point of a deliberate attack, describing the aviation problem as a telecommunications outage. The cause remained under investigation.
Both disruptions were developing Friday. Alaskans with travel plans should check directly with their airlines for flight status and follow official local Weather Service accounts for current weather information.
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8 thoughts on “Now this? Weather Service reports nationwide communications problems”
I wonder if the DOGE fiasco had a role.
No, Evan. It’s climate change.
Don’t you listen to NPR?
Yeah, cutting waste from a bloated government is the cause. Obviously you don’t really read or understand reporting. The cuts were predominantly from food stamps which was rotten with fraud and DEI/LGBTQ programs that were “blank checked” by the Biden administration.
The mental gymnastics….sheesh.
The national weather service. We do better to just step outside and look into the sky than rely on that agency. Horrors of horrors, they may have had difficulty transmitting their soap opera over reactive drama reports!
Henry. Really? What is it about scientific advancement that upsets you? Does it challenge you christianity?
Evan,
Why are you so hung up on Christianity?
The weather service is needed for potential catastrophic storm warnings too that are tens and fifty miles away from a home that we can’t see from our windows.
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