Dangerous, prolonged heat is expected across portions of the Central and Southeast U.S. through July. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected over parts of the northern Plains into the upper Mississippi Valley Tuesday, with damaging winds and large hail as the primary threats. Heavy rainfall could lead to areas of flooding across the northern Plains, Upper Midwest, Southeast and Southwest. 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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