Every time there’s severe storms in the Austin area, like there was last night, the National Weather Service can’t display its radar on the Web for long.
“Radar Data Are Temporarily Unavailable For This Location,” the page said as the storms moved in. Why, they even have a Radar Outage Notification Page. How convenient.
But I guarantee you when the sun is shining and no storms are upon us, the NWS radar on the Web is just fine. I just loves Big Government. All talk, and all taxes, but when it’s time to put up and go, they have got up and gone.
UPDATE: Our power went out for about a minute. Got an inch of rain.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
Hm… could it be possible that in out satellite age the radar data is provide by a radar-equipped plane? Nah… doesn’t sound reasonable.
Anyway, it’s +31 C here today. A nice change for me, with my rheumy old bones and a punishment for other family members.
No, they definitely have ground radar. I visited it back in the day. I think they just don’t spend much money on their Web presence. Too many of their execs are old school, still waiting for the Web to prove to be a passing fancy. They much prefer their radio-alert system.