I or someone else can update here where MSNBC server up again. Thanks.
One way to check is to click the link here. You should see the same thing you would see from your city1.txt. You can change "acid" to your city code.
http://www.msnbc.com/m/chnk/d/weather_d_src.asp?acid=USMD0347
It was back when I checked at 11:11AM (GMT-5)