NWWS History

Hurricane Erin Moving Away from the North Carolina Coast, Dangerous Surf & Rip Currents Continue; Hazardous Heat out West

Tropical storm conditions, storm surge flooding and coastal flooding continue today across the Outer Banks and portions of the Mid-Atlantic coast. Life-threatening rip currents and high surf continue to impact much of the East Coast through the end of the week. Hazardous, record heat will continue across the Western U.S. through the weekend. 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.

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.