Midwest River Levels Drop, But Risk of Flood Remains May 5, 2017 By JIM SALTER River levels are falling after record and near-record flooding in parts of the Midwest, but the crisis is far from...
National Weather Service to Limit Spectrum of Color-Coded Alerts April 17, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan The National Weather Service uses 122 colors to communicate the weather. There are watches, warnings and advisories arrayed on website...
Volunteer Storm Spotters Help Experts Track Bad Weather in Texas March 11, 2016 By MARTIN TOOHEY, Austin American-Statesman Tricia Clarke stood on a Lakeway hilltop, winds threatening to snatch the ball cap from her head, and pointed across...
Texas Tornadoes, Blizzard Caused $1.2B in Insured Losses January 5, 2016 Officials raised the number of tornadoes that swept across North Texas over the weekend to 10, with preliminary figures showing...
Forecaster Increases El Nino Chances to 70% for Northern Hemisphere April 9, 2015 A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday raised its forecast for the chance of El Nino conditions during the Northern...
Weather Service Confirms Microburst in Southern New Hampshire September 9, 2014 The National Weather Service says a microburst with wind speeds as high as 110 mph whipped through southern New Hampshire,...
El Nino Chances Lowered to 60% September 5, 2014 A U.S. weather forecaster pegged the likelihood of the El Niño weather phenomenon occurring during the Northern Hemisphere autumn and...
Experts Say Technology Changing How People View Tornadoes May 28, 2014 Experts say that advances in technology, particularly social media, are changing how people watch for severe weather and how quickly...
Weather Service in Oklahoma Runs Social Media ‘Tornado Drill’ March 14, 2014 By KRISTI EATON Melody Holeman has no TV and lives in such a rural part of the Oklahoma Panhandle that she can’t even...
Balloon Weather Forecasting Technique Continues March 11, 2014 By DEAN NARCISO, The Columbus Dispatch Every day, twice a day, researchers launch an 8-foot-tall helium-filled balloon on a 90-minute meteorological suicide mission. As it reaches...