Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and some hail are expected this afternoon and evening from the Upper Ohio River Valley into the Northeast, and from the Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic States. Excessive rainfall from heavy thunderstorms may produce areas of flash flooding from southern New Mexico into the western and northern Gulf Coast into Wednesday. Read More >
| YEAR | HISTORY OF THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE |
|---|---|
| 1849 | Weather alerts and information are distributed via telegraph wire. |
| 1890 | Weather services transferred from the Signal Service to the newly formed U.S. Weather Bureau under the Department of Agriculture. |
| 1928 | Teletype replaces telegraph for weather distribution. |
| 1940 | U.S. Weather Bureau transferred to Department of Commerce. |
| 1970 | U.S. Weather Bureau renamed National Weather Service (NWS). |
| 1999 | NWS develops and implements leased NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) using satellite distribution to States and television and radio broadcasters. |
| 2003 | NWWS implements Internet access for all user subscriptions (both public and private). |
| 2015 | NWS enterprise architecture NWWS replaces the leased legacy NWWS. |
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