national weather service

We know that the National Weather Service provides the people of United States information to keep us informed on our current and future weather. What many others may NOT know is the inside workings of the organization and its work environment, ethic, quality, and how it operates. For anyone...

James Spann published an insightful article on the growing issues in the tornado warning system. I thought it might be of interest to StormTrack readers. It is here: Too Many Warnings; Too Much Hype

You've probably noticed all of the missing rawinsonde reports the last couple of months. It is going to get worse before it gets better per this memo from the National Weather Service: https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf2/pns22-17_weather_balloon_launch_frequency.pdf Already, the...

This is a topic that has been on my mind for several months now. For those who don't know I participate as a VOST member in an Integrated Warning Team in Texas. That's a fancy way of saying I funnel reports from social media to the National Weather Service and other official entities during...

I have had issues with not getting a tornado warning from my car radio or older phone and in New York there are no tornado sirens. In North Carolina I had bought a weather radio in loo of the previous incident and it took 7 minutes after the warning was supposedly issued. I did have a cell...