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The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information. It is a part of the National Oceanic and ...
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.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 130.58 sq mi (338.20 km 2), of which 127.09 sq mi (329.16 km 2) is land and 3.49 sq mi (9.04 km 2) is water. [87] Situated in the Midwestern United States on the bank of the Missouri River in eastern Nebraska, much of Omaha is built in the Missouri River Valley.
National Climatic Data Center. The United States National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), previously known as the National Weather Records Center (NWRC), in Asheville, North Carolina, was the world's largest active archive of weather data. In 2015, the NCDC merged with two other federal environmental records agencies to become the National Centers ...
Meteorologist. Robert Mayer White (February 13, 1923 – October 14, 2015) was an American meteorologist. He headed several national organizations, including the United States Weather Bureau, the Environmental Science Services Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Academy of Engineering.
While the United States Weather Bureau documented four deaths from this tornado, modern publications from the National Weather Service only indicate two deaths. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 2 ] In total, the tornado killed four people, injured 50 others, and destroyed numerous buildings on 42 farms along its 70–110-mile (110–180 km) path.
director (1938–1963), president (1951–1955) Francis Wilton Reichelderfer (August 6, 1895 – January 26, 1983), also known as “Reich”, presided over a revolutionary era in the history of the Weather Bureau. He trained as a U.S. Navy pilot and from 1922 -1928, was appointed Chief of Navy Aerology because of his meteorological and ...
Public Welfare Medal (1916) Signature. Cleveland Abbe (December 3, 1838 – October 28, 1916) was an American meteorologist and advocate of time zones. [1][2] While director of the Cincinnati Observatory in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1871-1916, he developed a system of telegraphic weather reports, daily weather maps, and weather forecasts.