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Scattered Severe Thunderstorms Across the Northern Plains; Fire Weather Concerns in the Western U.S.

Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast across central and eastern North Dakota, as well as far northwest Minnesota Saturday (Slight Risk level 2 of 5). Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist through the weekend across the Western U.S. Isolated dry thunderstorms could lead to new fire starts over portions of the northern Rockies. Read More >



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Courtney Draggon
courtney.draggon@noaa.gov

301-427-9061 


The Office of Organizational Excellence provides strategic thinking, challenges the status quo, enables change, and creates connections both internally and externally to support the NWS to become the agile and effective organization needed to build a Weather-Ready Nation. The Office explores the forces and factors influencing the NWS and develops strategies to meet the increasing demand for weather, water, and climate services across the Nation. The Office executes a partnership strategy for the NWS that builds and sustains relationships across the weather, water, and climate enterprise to achieve the vision of a Weather-Ready Nation, and supports engagements with Enterprise partners. The Office understands the mix of values, interactions, and operations of the NWS workforce to ensure their organizational health and supports a high-performance culture that achieves strategic goals. The Office also advances NWS policies and programs for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility, including the NOAA Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan, NWS DEIA Strategic Action Plan, NWS Human Capital Strategy, and NWS Organizational Health Action Plan. The Office maintains and continuously improves the policies, procedures, roles, and governance authorities that link NWS Headquarters and Field functions and ensures the organization is meeting its science, service, and workforce requirements now and in the future.
 

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