A few strong to marginally severe thunderstorms are possible across the Southeast U.S. Friday. A Marginal Risk (Level 1 of 5) outlook has been issued. Strong winds and hail will be the main threats. Elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions will persist across south-central Colorado today due to dry conditions and gusty winds. Read More >
YEAR | HISTORY OF THE NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE |
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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. |