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The severe weather outbreak killed at least four people in Texas, Mississippi and South Carolina. ... Illinois and western New York issued flood warnings as rivers continue to rise and forecasters ...
More than 31,000 customers are without power in South Carolina as severe thunderstorm watches and warnings covered areas like Columbia, Sumter, Camden and Kershaw. (9:30 a.m. ET) Storm Damage In ...
Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [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.
As of 5 a.m. Thursday, Helene was a category 2 hurricane moving north at about 12 mph and had maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, with hurricane-force winds that extend out 60 miles from the ...
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
The county warning area of the Quad Cities forecast office includes 36 counties (21 in Iowa, 13 in Illinois, and 2 in Missouri), including a population of nearly 1.5 million in an area of roughly 20,000 square miles (52,000 km 2). [4]
Strong winds are the greatest threat posed by the storms, and tornadoes are possible, according to the National Weather Service. Tornado watch, severe thunderstorm warning issued as dangerous ...
The overall extent of severe weather on Sunday may be most impressive-perhaps reaching a dozen or more states, even though the peak intensity of the storms may be slightly less than that of Saturday.