TTAA00 KGSP 132222 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 520 PM EST SAT MAR 13 1993 NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION WXJ-21 IS OFF THE AIR. THE PROBLEM APPEARS EITHER TO BE AT THE TRANSMITTER SITE ON PARIS MOUNTAIN OR IN TELEPHONE LINE TRANSMISSION FROM THE GSP AIRPORT TO THE TRANSMITTER SITE. THE PROBLEM COULD WELL BE WEATHER RELATED... AND IT COULD BE SOME TIME BEFORE THE PROBLEM IS IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED. WAJ TTAA00 KGSP 132244 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 542 PM EST SAT MAR 13 1993 NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION WXJ-21 IS BACK ON THE AIR.. HOWEVER BRIEF OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVERNIGHT. LEFKOF TTAA00 KRDU 131725 COR PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC...ISSUED BY NWS RALEIGH 1222 PM EST SAT MAR 13 1993 ...WILMINGTON RADAR TEMPORARILY OUT... A VERY STRONG WIND GUST TO 64 MPH AT THE WILMINGTON WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE PRESUMABLY WAS THE CAUSE OF A POWER LOSS AT THE OFFICE. THIS HAS MADE THEIR RADAR OBSERVATIONS UNAVAILABLE FOR THE TIME BEING. AN ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE PROBLEM. GAF TTAA00 KCLT 131931 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 215 PM EST SAT MAR 13 1993 ...NOTE ON ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IN CHARLOTTE... AT 1250 PM EST THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE... REDUCED TO SEA LEVEL... WAS 28.69 INCHES. AT THAT TIME IT HAD REACHED ITS LOWEST POINT AND HAD STARTED TO RISE. WITH THE STORM EAST OF CHARLOTTE AND MOVING RAPDLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST THE PRESSURE THEN BEGAN RISING AND NO LOWER VALUE IS ANTICIPATED. THE 28.69 WILL GO DOWN IN OUR RECORD BOOKS AS THE LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EVER RECORDED IN CHARLOTTE. IN COMPARISON THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE HUGO PRODUCED A SEA LEVEL PRESSURE OF 28.88 INCHES ON SEPTEMBER 22... 1989. THAT VALUE HAD BEEN THE LOWEST EVER BUT NOW WILL BE THE SECOND LOWEST. RK TTAA00 KGSO 132106 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 405 PM EST SAT MAR 13 1993 ...LOWEST PRESSURE ON RECORD IN GREENSBORO NC... AT 200 PM EST TODAY WE ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD LOW ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE OF 28.64 IN/HG AT THE PIEDMONT TRIAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PREVIOUS LOWEST PRESSURE ON RECORD WAS 28.85 IN/HG THAT OCCURRED 3/28/84..THE NIGHT OF THE DEVASTATING TORNADOES IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. RBN TTAA00 KHAT 140017 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC 710 PM EST SAT MAR 13 1993 AT 700 PM EST...THE CAPE HATTERAS ELECTRIC CORPORATION INFORMED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THAT ELECTRIC POWER TO HATTERAS ISLAND WILL BE OFF UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE. THEY HAVE LOST THEIR MAIN TRANSMISSION LINE...WHICH CANNOT BE REPAIRED AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS.