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🔔SERVICE NOTIFICATION🔔

Hey Everyone, I just wanted to pop in here for a quick service notification. As you all know, Tropical Storm Debby is now making its way into North Carolina. During this time we cannot guarantee service uptime during this event. Outages could be caused by Power Outages or Internet outages. At this time we are at the mercy of Duke Energy and Spectrum. Thank you all for your understanding during this time. Please keep up to date with weather information by going to https://weather.gov/rah or following the US National Weather Service Raleigh NC page. You can also listen in to NOAA Weather Radio if possible.

Thank you all and be safe during this storm!

Raleigh, NC US Dept of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service Raleigh, NC 1005 Capability Drive, Suite 300 Centennial Campus Raleigh, NC 27606-5226 (919) 326-1042 Comments? Questions? Please Contact Us.

⚠️ Notification: We will be unavailable from June 29th through July 8th. During this time, we will not be able to respond to any issues. Please leave a message if you need assistance, and we will attend to it upon our return. Have a safe holiday week!

🔴Power Outage🔴

We are currently experiencing a power outage due to inclement weather. We are at the mercy of Duke Energy at this time to get power restored. We will update you when services are back to normal operation.

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🟢 Services Update! 🟢

Great news everyone! We have now solved the distorted audio issues with NC VIPER, Duplin, and Johnston County! We have put some new equipment in and now it seems to be working great! Thanks to the help of Goldsboro & Wayne County, NC Breaking Scanner News, we have ordered new equipment for the Wayne County site to solve its issues! Thank you to everyone that supports us both and our services as we strive to continue providing the best services around! The next steps in the next couple of weeks is to upgrade the Wake County Site to get it back fully running as well as maybe some new county! So be on the lookout for that!

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🟢 Servers Online 🟢

Both Primary (Server1) and Secondary (Server2) is now back online! Although some sites still have some degraded services, the main servers are online. We are working over the next couple of days to work on the degraded service by installing some new equipment. We will send out an update once work is completed. Thank you all for your understanding through all this!

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🔴 Servers Offline 🔴

The Tar Heel State Scanner servers are offline due to some ongoing updates. Servers should be returned to normal operation tomorrow by 10pm. Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. We will update you when services are returned to normal operations.

🟠 Server Maintenance 🟠

Hey Everyone, we will be doing some server maintenance tonight so if you notice any outages it is apart of the process. We are upgrading some software stuff to try and make it run more smoothly. This should not extend past 9PM tonight.

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🟡Degraded Service🟡

Hey all! We are aware over the past few days of the degraded service performance on Wayne, Duplin, Johnston, and VIPER. We have new parts on order to correct this over the next week, this is just due to the move location. We hope to have everything back working soon!

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🟢Service Pricing Changes🟢

Hey Everyone! Exciting news regarding our subscription services! We have finally moved all servers to in-house servers so we can cut down on subscription and overall cost! We have looked over this very carefully and have determined these are the lowest prices we could offer for Monthly and Yearly. The old subscription prices weren't sustainable for us do to the cost of upkeep. Listed below are the new subscription prices! Please allow us 24-48 hours to update the pricing on our website! Thank you for your continued support and we hope we can build more in the future!

🟢Node Online Announcement🟢

The Wayne County Node has been placed back online after the moving outage! We are still working on Johnston, Duplin, and NC VIPER.

Thank you for your continued patience through this move!

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❕ Moving Update ❕

Good Afternoon everyone! I just wanted to send out an update regarding the moving process. So some slight delays has occurred (Which was almost expected) and services for Wayne, Johnston, Duplin, and NC VIPER will remain offline until hopefully Sunday 04/21. We are hoping to have services restored by that night. Thank you for your patience through this process!

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❕ Location Changes / Moving Update ❕

Hey Everyone, I just wanted to pop in with an important update. As mentioned in a previous post, we will be moving locations but we did not have a time frame then. We do now! So starting Saturday Night around 8PM the Wayne County, Duplin County, Johnston County, and NC VIPER nodes will be offline for a period of time.

We do not right now have an estimated Restoration date, it will be depending on how fast we can get Spectrum to install services at the new location. We are hoping that we can get them back up between Tuesday and Thursday but there is no guarantee at this time.

We appreciate everyone's understanding throughout this moving process and we are working our hardest to keep everything up!
Although we expect everything to just be plug-and-play at the new location, there could be a period of time after going back live that we will need to adjust antenna placements and location to get the best possible signal!

We will post an update message when we do get everything back online!

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A Fire Weather Watch has been issued for all of Central and Eastern North Carolina for tomorrow afternoon. Dry conditions will combine with gusty winds and low humidity to create conditions favorable for the rapid ignition and spread of wildfires. This is NOT a burning ban, but outdoor burning is strongly discouraged tomorrow. Also verify that any fires that you burned today are completely out. Similar conditions may be expected on Wednesday as well.

🟢Servers Online🟢

Both Primary and Backup servers has been restored to normal operations. Again, apologies for the outage. Please just close out of your apps and re-open and it should be working fine!

🔴Server Outage Update🔴

Hey Everyone, just wanted to pop in and give an update. We are still working on the issues with the Primary and Backup servers. We are working to resolve this issue as quickly as we can. Due to this falling on 2 of my workdays, trying to do both at the same time. Rest assured, we should have this issue resolved by 2200-2300 ET tonight.

Thank you for your understanding and patience!

🔴Server Offline🔴

Tar Heel State Scanner's servers will be offline today due to maintenance. Both Primary and Backup Servers will be offline until later tonight.

Also an important update. We will be in the process of moving the Wayne County, Johnston County, Duplin County, and NC VIPER nodes over to a new location in the next 2-4 weeks. If there is any downtime or outages in that timeframe, please be patient with us as we are moving a lot of equipment.

Thank you for your continued support and we look to building more in the future!

🟢Node Returned to Normal - 01/25/2024 18:00 ET🟢

The Primary Wayne County Node has returned to normal service

🟡Node Update - 01/25/2024🟡

The Primary Wayne County Ingest Node will be down for some rearrangements. Wayne County has been placed on the backup computer until rearrangement is complete. We just wanted to let you know just in case there is some performance issues. This should only last up to 2 hours and we will send another update when it is back to normal!

🟢 Warren County / Vance County Update 🟢

Just wanted to pop in here with an exciting update! The Warren County node is now online and we were also able to get a Vance County node online aswell! With this being the first time it is online, there will be some things to improve on as in Antennas and Placements. But we do have it online as of now! We will be updating the website tomorrow to reflect this and the new available site for subscription!

🟢Wayne County Online🟢

The Wayne County Primary system is back online after a temporary transmitter outage. However due to the Backup Communications System not being as powerful as the main system, Tar Heel State Scanner could not pick it up to send to the app. So we will be working on that in the event Wayne County has to utilize the backup system again.

🟢Severe Weather Update🟢

Well after the interesting day of Severe Weather today. Looks like All of Central NC is clear of the rain and Eastern NC is almost clear. A few Flood Warnings and Flash Flood Warnings remain active, so please do not drive through any flooded roadways and turn around, don't drown! We hope everyone remained safe through this Severe Weather event. Although not all of the Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings were posted (due to also having a primary job), A few of the more important ones were. We are looking into having an automated WX Alert feed to auto-post alerts like that to our page so that way there will be no downtime.

Everyone have a great and safe rest of your nights!

Radar Image Time: 21:10 ET

⚠️Radar Image as of 16:47 ET⚠️

Green Polygons: Flash Flood Warnings
Yellow Polygons: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Red Polygons: Tornado Warnings

🟡SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE🟡

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Wayne County in central North Carolina...

* Until 500 PM EST.

* At 408 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mount Olive,
moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Goldsboro, Mount Olive, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Pikeville, Eureka,
Seven Springs, Mar-Mac, Brogden, and Nahunta.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Straight line winds can blow down trees, power lines, and damage
mobile homes and other buildings. Seek shelter in a sturdy structure
until the storm has passed. Stay away from windows as flying debris
generated by damaging winds can be deadly.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST for central North
Carolina.

🔴TORNADO WARNING🔴
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
East central Moore County in central North Carolina...
Southwestern Harnett County in central North Carolina...
Northwestern Cumberland County in central North Carolina...
South central Lee County in central North Carolina...
Central Hoke County in central North Carolina...

* Until 400 PM EST.

* At 332 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Raeford, moving northeast at 70 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
Fort Liberty around 335 PM EST.
Pope AFB around 340 PM EST.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Olivia, Silver City, Spring Lake, Pineview, and Anderson Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

⚠️ SEVERE WEATHER UPDATE ⚠️

Here is the latest Severe Weather Outlook from the US National Weather Service Raleigh NC

⚠️ SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL ⚠️
Heads up Eastern and Central NC! Tomorrow there is a Enhanced Risk for Severe Storms (Level 3/5). Please stay tuned to Weather Radio, or News/Weather Outlets for the latest on Severe Weather Information. We will try to post updates as the NWS sends them out.

Hey Guys, Here is an update regarding the Wake County system and information on how you may can help us!

01/06/2024 - Wake County Update/Help Needed Hey Everyone! Just wanted to pop in for a quick update! So we were able to partially get Wake County online. This is currently catching all traffic coming through the Cary Simulcast Site. We are still in desperate need o...

Happy New Year everyone! Please make sure you stay safe and don’t drink and drive! We look forward to the new year! 🎉

🟢Primary Server Online🟢

The primary Tar Heel State Scanner server is back online and operational! Due to having to use the backup servers core files to bring it back online, all users access codes have changed to the new formats. If you do not have your new access code please message or email us so we can provide you with your new code!

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