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The National Weather Service ( NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information. It is a part of the National Oceanic and ...
The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices in six regions. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area , for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.
The National Weather service is reporting wind gusts of up to 60 mph. Nickel-sized hail has been reported and the NWS said to expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Survey teams from the National Weather Service found severe damage Sunday in Claremore, Oklahoma, giving the tornado a preliminary rating of EF3 – which pack winds between 136 and 165 mph.
National Weather Service Chicago, currently based in Romeoville, Illinois, is a weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 23 counties in Northern Illinois, the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana. [1] The Army Signal Service established the first federal weather office in the region in Chicago on ...
A National Weather Service official said the Valley View tornado packed top winds of 135 miles per hour. Multiple twisters hit the region, but the precise number had yet to be determined, she said
The Storm Prediction Center ( SPC) is a US government agency that is part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), operating under the control of the National Weather Service (NWS), [1] which in turn is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States Department of Commerce (DoC). [2]
One model posted by the National Weather Service showed storms firing up west of the Tri-State around 5 p.m., then moving through the Evansville and Henderson areas between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.