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1 Dead as Storms Pound South for 2nd Straight Day

VILONIA, Ark. - Violent weather ripped through the South for a second straight night, killing at least one person in Arkansas, damaging more than 100 homes in a rural East Texas community and overturning a trailer at an oil drilling site in Louisiana. The latest round of severe weather Tuesday night and early Wednesday...

Storms Could Spawn Tornadoes, Life-Threatening Flooding This Week

The final week of April will be similar to the first three, with dangerous thunderstorms over a large portion of the U.S. The forecast includes the potential for tornadoes, life-threatening flash flooding and large hail in highly populated regions from the southern Plains to the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic region from...

Wildfires Rage Across Texas, Scorch Over 1 Million Acres

MINERAL WELLS, Texas - A growing wildfire racing through parched fields and woods west of Fort Worth isn't likely to make it far enough to threaten the heavily populated metropolitan area, a state forestry official said Tuesday. The fire started Friday near Possum Kingdom Lake, 70 miles west of Fort Worth, and linked up...

15-State Tornado Outbreak Deadliest Since 2008

WASHINGTON -- The devastation is stunning -- homes and lives shattered as the deadliest swarm of twisters in three years battered up to 15 states. Ultimately, this could turn out to be among the top 10 three-day outbreaks for number of tornadoes, though experts can't be sure until all the reports are sorted, said Greg...

Severe Storms' Death Toll Rises to 9 in 2 States

TUSHKA, Okla. -- Destructive storms that tore across the country's midsection left at least nine people dead after smashing uprooted trees into homes in Arkansas and ripping apart the only school in one tiny Oklahoma town, officials said Friday. A tornado swept through Tushka in southeast Oklahoma town late Thursday,...

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Jack Hayes, National Weather Service Head, Resigns Amid Controversy

The head of the U.S. National Weather Service has retired unexpectedly after an internal investigation found that agency employees improperly shifted millions of dollars in budget resources to weather service offices around the country.

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05/31/12 Emergency Operations Center to activate ahead of... Source: The City Paper - Nashville TN Officials in the Office of Emergency Management made the decision based on weather predictions that show a cold front system headed this way that could include hail, damaging winds, lightning and heavy rainfall across Tennessee.
05/31/12 Crowley wins NOAA award Source: Jacksonville Business Journal - Jacksonville FL Crowley Maritime Corp. Crowley Maritime Corp. Latest from The Business Journals Crowley expands Puerto Rico distribution center Hot Leads Dakota Creek to start 0 million oceanographic ship construction Follow this company was selected as a 2011 Company Award winner for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) program, according to a company press release.
05/31/12 Beryl, rain expected to miss NC Symphony Source: The Daily Southerner - Tarboro NC With Tropical Depression Beryl having crossed to the south of the region, the weather forecast for Thursday night's performance of the North Carolina is seasonably warm weather and, after a what is forecast to be a day full of rain today, potentially soggy grounds on the Town Common.
05/31/12 Brown Co. Clerk Announces Court Cases Now Accessible... Source: Big Country Eleven year old Hailey Waldon talks about her experiences being bullied in Roby Elementary.
05/31/12 Storm Siren Malfunctions; Alarms Residents Source: ABC - KAKE 10 - Wichita KS Several Wichita residents woke to the sound of storm sirens overnight, however there was no threat of severe weather.

Background on National Weather Service

The National Weather Service (NWS), once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States government.

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