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Severe Weather and Heavy Rain from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Persists in the South-Central U.S.

Widespread strong thunderstorms with damaging winds and locally heavy rain are expected across portions of the Ohio Valley into southern Mid-Atlantic and Carolinas. Rounds of strong thunderstorms are expected to develop across the northern and central Plains. Sweltering heat remains most persistent across the South-Central Plains and Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley through next week. Read More >

National Weather Service Dissemination

National Program

Resources

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The following are links to help inform, alert and warn the public.

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Resources

ALERTS AND WARNINGS
https://www.weather.gov/alerts
https://api.weather.gov/
https://www.weather.gov/enterprise/sw-alerts-text-1b

EMAILED ALERTS
The National Weather Service no longer provides direct email alerts to the public. 
Please see iNWS if you qualify for SMS text messaging.
https://www.weather.gov/enterprise/sw-alerts-email-1a

ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION
NCEP https://www.weather.gov/ncep/
OWP  https://water.noaa.gov/about/nwc

FORECAST MAPS
https://www.weather.gov/forecastmaps

FTP ANONYMOUS
Help Guide https://www.weather.gov/tg/datahelp

GRANT SITES
https://www.fema.gov/grants/preparedness
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2021/07/16/dhs-announces-funding-allocations-fy-2021-preparedness-grants
https://bizfluent.com/federal-grants-weather-warning-systems-7942.html

HURRICANE & TROPICAL STORMS
NASA  https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/main/index.html
NHC    https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

MARINE ENVIRONMENT
https://www.weather.gov/marine/

Buoy Data https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
Fisheries https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
Guide to 500mb https://ocean.weather.gov/articles/mariners_guide_500mb_chart.pdf
National Weather Service

MISSION
https://www.weather.gov/about/

INFORMATION CENTER
https://www.weather.gov/informationcenter

NWS ORGANIZATION; Office of Dissemination
https://www.weather.gov/organization/diss

DISSEMINATION SYSTEM METHODS
Radar - https://radar.weather.gov
Radio - https://www.weather.gov/nwr/

 

RADIO BROADCASTS
(Check your local Weather Forecast Office)
https://www.weather.gov/srh/nwsoffices

NWR Station Listing

SIRENS
https://www.weather.gov/dvn/sirenFAQ

SPECIAL NEEDS
https://www.weather.gov/dsb/special_needs


Internet

API https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api
EMWIN https://www.weather.gov/emwin
FTP Anonymous https://www.weather.gov/tg/dataprod
iNWS https://inws.ncep.noaa.gov/
NWWS https://www.weather.gov/nwws
ATOM Feed https://alerts.weather.gov/
RSS Feed https://www.weather.gov/rss
 

Satellite

NWWS https://www.weather.gov/nwws/configuration
EMWIN https://www.weather.gov/emwin/
GOES https://www.goes.noaa.gov/
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/index.php
SBN/NOAAPORT https://www.weather.gov/noaaport/

DISSEMINATION SYSTEM MAPS
NWR state broadcast coverage    
NWR site poster

EDUCATION
https://www.weather.gov/education/

HAZARD STATISTICS
https://www.weather.gov/hazstat/

OUTDOOR SPORTS
https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-sports

RESEARCH
https://www.weather.gov/climateservices/rnd

RIVER FORECAST CENTERs (RFCs)
https://water.weather.gov/ahps/rfc/rfc.php

WEATHER FORECAST OFFICEs (WFOs)
https://www.weather.gov/srh/nwsoffices


NATIONAL CENTERS

National Centers for Environmental Prediction www.weather.gov/ncep/
Aviation Weather Center https://www.aviationweather.gov/
Climate Prediction Center https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
NCEP Central Operations www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/
National Hurricane Center https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Storm Predication Center https://www.spc.noaa.gov/
Space Weather Prediction Center https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/


OBSERVATIONS & DATA

Weather Observations https://www.weather.gov/about/observations
Past Weather https://www.weather.gov/help-past-weather
Archives https://www.weather.gov/ffc/archives
NCEI  https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
Other Collaborative Agencies

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)
https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (USCG)
https://www.weather.gov/marine/uscg_broadcasts

UNITED STATES NAVY (METOC)
https://www.metoc.navy.mil/

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
https://www.doi.gov/

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system

United States Coast Guard (USCG)
https://www.weather.gov/marine/uscg_broadcasts

UNITED STATES NAVY (USN)
Meteorology & Oceanography Command (METOC)
https://www.metoc.navy.mil/
Products
PRODUCT TYPES
https://forecast.weather.gov/product_types.php

 

AVIATION PRODUCTS  https://www.aviationweather.gov/
CLIMATE PRODUCTS  https://www.weather.gov/climate/
Climate Prediction Center  https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
Climate Forecasts https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/forecasts/
   
EMWIN PRODUCTS https://www.weather.gov/emwin/
Hydro-Meteorological Products https://www.weather.gov/water/

 
 

OBSERVATIONS
Cooperative Observer https://www.weather.gov/coop
ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) https://www.weather.gov/asos/
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/weather/asos/
MADIS (Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System) https://madis.ncep.noaa.gov/
MADIS Surface Observations https://madis-data.ncep.noaa.gov/MadisSurface/
National Data Buoy Center https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
Upper Air Observations https://www.weather.gov/upperair/nws_upper

 
Satellites

GOES - East/West
https://www.goes.noaa.gov/


https://www.weather.gov/noaaport/
https://www.weather.gov/nwws/SBNConfig
 

Channels

PID 101            National Meteorological Center (NMC)
PID 102            - - - retired - - - (previously GOES only)
PID 103            National Meteorological Center (NMC) 2
PID 104            NOPT (OCONUS Imagery/Model)
PID 105            Polar Satellite
PID 106            Experimental Channel
PID 107            GOES-West
PID 108            GOES-East
PID 201            NWWS products only (text products are in WMO Standard format)