For the first time in 25 years, the National Weather Service in Lincoln is installing a new radar.

As a result, the N-W-S is out of commission for two weeks as construction workers work with cranes to replace the radar. While the radar is out, the National Weather Service in Chicago and St. Louis is covering Central Illinois. Ed Shimon is a warning Coordinator Meteorologist at N-W-S in Lincoln.

The replacement is part of a 1-hundred 35 million dollar eight-year National Weather Services nationwide program.

N-W-S has a network of over 1-hundred 50 operational radars.