Sep 12th, 2008 · Ike is churning toward the Gulf Coast of Texas. Its real danger is the storm surge and extreme flooding as far north as Houston. The eye of the hurricane is forecast to hit Galveston, Texas. Mark Fox of the National Weather Service offers his insight.
Oct 16th, 2007 · The Southeastern part of the United States may look green, but it's dry -- bone dry. The National Weather Service is calling the dry spell an "exceptional" drought. Cities are towns in the region are taking steps to deal with the dry conditions.
Aug 26th, 2007 · A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Bob Oravec, forecaster for the National Weather Service; Troy Oldenburg, a flood victim in Shelby, Ohio; Robert Murray, chairman, president and CEO of Murray Energy Corporation and part-owner of Utah's Crandall Canyon Mine; Sonny Olsen, wrongful death attorney and spokesman for the families of the six miners trapped in the Crandall Canyon Mine; R. L. White, president of the Atlanta NAACP; Tom Goldman, NPR sports correspondent; Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL); Sen. John Warner (R-VA); and President George Bush.
Mar 21st, 2007 · It is tornado season in the Midwest, where the National Weather Service is training the public to act as tornado spotters. When meteorologists see storm patterns on radar that suggest a tornado is forming, they rely on the spotters to report on what's happening in the skies.
Feb 6th, 2007 · Across the Northern Plains and the Eastern United States, the cold snap is blamed for at least seven deaths. Cook, Minn., had the coldest temperature Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service: 31 degrees below zero. People around the country are dealing with frigid conditions.
Dec 27th, 2006 · Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service predicted weekend low temperature for the San Jose area of minus 30,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The forecast is a computer error, and the temperature is physically impossible. But what would those sorts of temperature mean?
Aug 25th, 2006 · Robert Siegel follows a word that appeared in the news this morning. Hail that fell yesterday in Stanton, N.D., was described by residents as being the size of "grapefruits." Robert talks with Stanton resident Carrie Simpfenderfer who witnessed the storm. The question of how hail is formed is answered by Jim Keeney, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the Central Region Headquarters of the National Weather Service in Kansas City, Missouri.
Jul 17th, 2006 · The National Weather Service has issued heat warnings across the country as the blazing sun heats up every corner of the United States. The oppressive, often humid heat leads officials to urge most citizens to stay indoors and remain hydrated.