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National Weather Service

noun

  1. an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasts, storm and flood warnings, etc. : NWS


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National Weather Service reports one person injured in Arlington.

The local National Weather Service office issued it “for low relatively humidity and gusty winds.”

Take online classes with Skywarn, a National Weather Service program, and pick up the Storm Chasing Handbook, by Tim Vasquez.

Did this include NASA, the U.S. Navy and the National Weather Service?

The application of a deductible is often tied to whether the National Weather Service identifies the event as a hurricane.

It's so cold that the National Weather Service in Miami has issued a freeze watch for the Everglades.

In the words of the National Weather Service: FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY.

The National Weather Service's official warning for the city includes the following apocalyptic gem: ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY.

Our national weather service was founded in 1870, and for twenty years was maintained by the Signal Corps of the Army.

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