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  1. National Weather Service: Flint area on path for warmest spring ever
    MLive.com logo MLive.com 4 hours ago

    The average temperature for the Flint area has been 51.8 degrees, beating out the previous high set in 1922 by less than 1 degree. The average is expected to be higher as the warm weather continues. The National Weather Service uses March-May for... Full Article at MLive.com

  2. A warm weekend - protect yourself from heat exposure, sunburn
    The Courier-Journal 4 hours ago

    So health and weather experts are encouraging parents not only to take care of themselves, but to protect their children from heat exposure, dehydration and sunburn. The National Weather Service anticipates a large area of high pressure to settle over... Full Article at The Courier-Journal

  3. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 day ago
    Armando Fernandez cleans off the strainer on a suction hose as he pumps water out of a flooded parking lot in an office park, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 in Doral, Fla. According to the National Weather Service, a flood watch for portions of the South...

    Armando Fernandez cleans off the strainer on a suction hose as he pumps water out of a flooded parking lot in an office park, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 in Doral, Fla. According to the National Weather Service, a flood watch for portions of the South... View Photo »

  4. We don't want to cry wolf too often ... That's why if there's just a thunderstorm warning we don't do that. Then people just become too complacent if every time the National Weather Service said there's a severe thunderstorm warning we start notifying people.
    SOURCE: The Times 3 weeks ago
  5. Falling gas prices rev up holiday travel
    Omaha.com logo Omaha.com 8 hours ago

    Monday: Mostly sunny, high around 80. Source: National Weather Service Click here to watch a video of Midlanders' Memorial Day holiday plans. Traffic has picked up, the causeway wait is a little longer, and restaurant parking lots are filling at Iowa's... Full Article at Omaha.com

  6. More travelers expected as gas prices drop
    The Eagle-Tribune | North Andover, MA logo The Eagle-Tribune | North Andover, MA 10 hours ago

    "Gas prices have continued to slide," Moody said. "That's definitely a relief to motorists as they head out on vacation this Memorial Day weekend." The weather will provide some relief as well, but don't expect four days of sunny weather, according to... Full Article at The Eagle-Tribune | North Andover, MA

  7. Study: Global warming may cause 7,000 more heat deaths in Dallas by end of century
    Dallas Morning News logo Dallas Morning News 10 hours ago

    It projects that number will double to 22 because of climate change by mid-century, and will increase to 37 by 2090-99.The definition of an Excessive Heat Event varies by location and National Weather Service forecast office. In Dallas-Fort Worth, the... Full Article at Dallas Morning News

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 day ago
    Cattle stand in a flooded field in Doral, Fla. Wednesday, May 23, 2012. A flood watch is in effect through Wednesday night in south Florida, according to the National Weather Service, with more heavy rain predicted. More than five inches of rain fell in...

    Cattle stand in a flooded field in Doral, Fla. Wednesday, May 23, 2012. A flood watch is in effect through Wednesday night in south Florida, according to the National Weather Service, with more heavy rain predicted. More than five inches of rain fell in... View Photo »

  9. This is a win-win situation for both DEP and our partners the National Weather Service ... NWS gets additional funds to pilot its new forecasting system in a discrete region, which will facilitate their eventual nationwide rollout. DEP gets the cutting-edge forecasts needed for the operations support to...
    SOURCE: Daily Freeman 3 weeks ago
  10. NOAA's National Weather Service: Building A Weather-Ready Nation
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 15 months ago
  11. Down by the docks
    Port Clinton News Herald logo Port Clinton News Herald 18 hours ago

    LATEST HEADLINES Forecast: Start-to-finish fun PORT CLINTON -- The 32nd annual Walleye Festival will be packed with entertainment and events from... Full Article at Port Clinton News Herald

  12. Year's second typhoon not likely to hit Taiwan: CWB
    China Post logo China Post 19 hours ago

    China Post news staff --A new light typhoon was formed in area south of Guam but it will not affect Taiwan unless it changes its course when moving toward the sea south of Japan, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB). CWB officials said the... Full Article at China Post

  13. Emergency weather alerts coming soon to a cell phone near you
    The Washington Post logo The Washington Post 22 hours ago

    Weather Service) If you have a cell phone, it may soon make some curious sounds and vibrations the next time you find yourself in the possible path of a tornado or several other types of weather emergencies. Starting any day now, the Wireless Emergency... Full Article at The Washington Post

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  1. Armando Fernandez cleans off the strainer on a suction hose as he pumps water out of a flooded parking lot in an office park, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 in Doral, Fla. According to the National Weather Service, a flood watch for portions of the South Florida area was in effect till later...
  2. Cattle stand in a flooded field in Doral, Fla. Wednesday, May 23, 2012. A flood watch is in effect through Wednesday night in south Florida, according to the National Weather Service, with more heavy rain predicted. More than five inches of rain fell in Miami-Dade Tuesday, breaking a...
  3. A truck driver stands on a pallet, trying to stay out of the flood waters at a Doral, Fla. warehouse Wednesday, May 23, 2012 as he tried to deliver a load of goods. A flood watch is in effect through Wednesday night in south Florida, according to the National Weather Service, with more...
  4. Two unidentified men stand on the back steps to a business in Doral, Fla. Wednesday, May 23, 2012 looking at the still-standing flood waters in the parking lot. A flood watch is in effect through Wednesday night in south Florida, according to the National Weather Service, with more...
  5. A man stands on the edge of a flooded Doral, Fla. warehouse district, Wednesday, May 23, 2012, surveying the damage done by heavy rains. A flood watch is in effect through Wednesday night in south Florida, according to the National Weather Service, with more heavy rain predicted. More...
  6. This photo provided by Kiowa County Emergency Management via The Pueblo Chieftain shows a home and truck damaged after a tornado touched down in Chivington, Colo. , Friday, April 27, 2012. The National Weather Service says preliminary findings suggest five tornadoes touched down in...
  7. A butterfly lands on a flowering Confetti Lantan plant, Tuesday, April 24, 2012, in San Antonio. The National Weather Service is calling for high temperatures in the mid 80's for South Texas this week.
  8. A passer-by uses an umbrella while walking past tulips in the Boston Public Garden, in Boston, Sunday, April 22, 2012. The National Weather Service has said that areas around Boston are likely to see two to three-and-a-half inches of rain from a spring nor'easter that is to pass through...
  9. People walk with umbrellas in the rain along 34th Street in New York, Sunday, April 22, 2012. A spring nor'easter along the East Coast on Sunday is expected to bring rain and heavy winds and even snow in some places as it strengthens into early Monday, a punctuation to a relatively dry...

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The National Weather Service (NWS), once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States government. It is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. We don't want to cry wolf too often ... That's why if there's just a thunderstorm warning we don't do that. Then people just become too complacent if every time the National Weather Service said there's a severe thunderstorm warning we start notifying people.
    SOURCE: The Times 3 weeks ago
  2. This is a win-win situation for both DEP and our partners the National Weather Service ... NWS gets additional funds to pilot its new forecasting system in a discrete region, which will facilitate their eventual nationwide rollout. DEP gets the cutting-edge forecasts needed for the operations support to...
    SOURCE: Daily Freeman 3 weeks ago
  3. The second part is that the National Weather Service has a duty under the law to tell the public how high the water is going to get
    SOURCE: WBIR 3 weeks ago
  4. We sound the sirens in Johnson County for tornadoes when the National Weather Service issues a tornado warning for Johnson County, or one of our trained, certified weather spotters tells us they see a tornado on the ground, or a public safety official lets us know the same thing
    SOURCE: Kansas City Channel 4 weeks ago
  5. After the US’s deadly tornadoes in 2011, the National Weather Service (NWS) found that residents waited for visible signs of the threat before responding. New warnings try to conjure those images in words.
    SOURCE: Instapundit 4 weeks ago
  6. When the National Weather Service tells the public there is going to be a good chance of tornadoes
    SOURCE: Vancouver Sun 4 weeks ago
  7. When the National Weather Service tells the public there is going to be a good chance of tornadoes ... there is going to be a lot of people out there who are not experienced to see something nature only puts out only so often.
    SOURCE: The Portland Maine Press Herald 1 month ago
  8. Prior to last year, the warning that we would get from the National Weather Service was more regional
    SOURCE: 9NEWS.com 1 month ago
  9. It was a safe guard. A safety mechanism was in place to protect the National Weather Service from putting out an accidental alert. The last thing we want to do it tell the viewers or listeners that there's an emergency when there isn't ... So there's a safeguard in place that actually saw the word 'test...
    SOURCE: 49 News Topeka 1 month ago
  10. There was no opportunity, absolutely zero ... We had 10 pairs of eyes out looking. The National Weather Service, radio stations, the fire department. ... Nobody saw this.
    SOURCE: Omaha.com 1 month ago
  11. If you know how to send this on to the National Weather Service, I hope you do. I wanted to say good job on getting the information out and warning people about the potentially dangerous storms well in advance to give people enough notice to get ready for it. Thank you.
    SOURCE: Salina Journal Online 1 month ago
  12. That's one of the goals of the National Weather Service - to protect lives and property and so they're taking it extremely seriously and I think a lot of it is in response to what happened last year when we had one of the deadliest and most destructive tornado years on record
    SOURCE: WZZM Grand Rapids 1 month ago
  13. multiple outbreaks of severe weather most of Sunday from Kansas to Minnesota, were part of an exceptionally strong system tracked by the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.
    SOURCE: NPR 1 month ago
  14. People paid attention to the advance warnings issued by the National Weather Service and our Emergency Management and took them seriously. They did everything they could to protect themselves and their families. These actions may have saved many lives ... These types of storm systems show the importance...
    – Sam Brownback SOURCE: Kansas City Channel 1 month ago
  15. People are willing to pay a premium for that knowledgeable opinion, that live body they can call on whenever they need. That’s something that a place like the National Weather Service can’t provide
    SOURCE: NJ.com 1 month ago
  16. We'll absolutely have the most updated information on a 24-hour availability ... It's completely in sync with the National Weather Service and Homeland Security.
    SOURCE: The Monroe News Star 1 month ago
  17. It gives you the ability to get custom messages to specific ZIP codes and is tied to the National Weather Service and Homeland Security ... It does more than a weather radio because it can direct messages to specific areas in the path of the storm.
    SOURCE: The Monroe News Star 1 month ago
  18. More eyes and years in location communities across Northeast Wisconsin, who can report severe weather to the National Weather Service.
    SOURCE: WBAY-TV 1 month ago
  19. With three out of four times that tornado warnings are issued by the National Weather Service, they are false alarms
    SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor 1 month ago
  20. We have been working closely with the National Weather Service to determine the extent of this storm, and all indications are this could be one of the strongest to hit Kansas in years
    SOURCE: Emporia Gazette 1 month ago
  21. That morning, we have a conference call with the National Weather Service, and we'll make a determination that if there's any threat, any sort of emergency weather situation happening on that day, we'll postpone the test until the next day
    SOURCE: WBAY-TV 1 month ago
  22. All of the media partners, along with the county and government and National Weather Service, are doing it all together
    SOURCE: WBAY-TV 1 month ago
  23. I follow [the OEM] and the National Weather Service in the event of loss of power. It's been very helpful in the past but dropping out as soon as the sirens sound is ominous. Didn't know if you guys had already covered this, but would love to know if the OEM can't handle emergencies.
    SOURCE: Dallas Morning News - Blogs 1 month ago
  24. Planning for hazardous weather is a never ending job; however, it is very reassuring to know that you and your staff are part of the National Weather Service’s effort to save lives and reduce the impacts from the many types of dangerous weather that occur in our area. We are honored and thankful to serv...
    SOURCE: Fiddlehead Focus 2 months ago
  25. I kind of use it to my advantage, too ... but it takes more than a name to get people to listen to you. It takes credibility. The National Weather Service has built up credibility that we didn’t have 15 to 20 years ago. … As the warning coordinator meteorologist, I get to go out and educate the people I...
    SOURCE: Worthington Daily Globe 2 months ago

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