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Where local forecast offices no longer monitor weather around-the-clock
For at least half a century, the National Weather Service has been an around-the-clock operation. That is no longer possible ...
A crucial NWS office, battered by cuts, is trying to put on a brave face as tornado season peaks
A congressional tour of the National Weather Service Quad Cities forecasting office revealed a skeleton crew trying to keep ...
First came the weather service staffing cuts. Then came the tornadoes.
As a storm system approached Jackson, in Southeastern Kentucky, on May 16, a few individuals agreed to work double shifts to ...
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Maps show EF-4 tornado's nearly 56-mile path through Laurel, Pulaski, Russell counties
A preliminary report released by the National Weather Service in Jackson, Kentucky May 21 provides ... senior forecaster for ...
Weather systems bring rain, thunder and power outages to metro Phoenix
A weather system brought rain and some thunder to the Valley on June 1, 2025, along with lower temperatures and power outages ...
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Trump cuts leave National Weather Service scrambling to cover vital shifts
Whether they’ve scrambled to get approval to buy office ... weather that lasted for days or get tornado damage surveys completed, it’s been a rough few months for many National Weather Service ...
Why your weather service radio may not work during Alabama’s overnight severe storms
However, the weather service cautioned that “all NOAA Radio transmitters maintained by NWS Birmingham will be off the air through the time of the install.” This includes these transmitters: Winfield, ...
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Nearly half of National Weather Service offices have 20% vacancy rates, and experts say it’s a risk
Former National Weather Service chief Louis Uccellini said if the numbers are right, it’s trouble. “No one can predict when any office gets stretched so thin that it will break, but these ...