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Congratulations to the 2020 WRN Ambassadors of Excellence

September 22, 2020

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A graphic congratulating those named as 2020 Weather-Ready Nation Ambassadors of Excellence.

A look back: What does it take to be an operational meteorologist? Students learned tools of the trade from the NWS

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Topeka Weather Forecast Office meteorologists used a new team approach to teaching a University of Kansas operational forecasting class.

50th anniversary spotlight: Building a Weather-Ready Nation

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NOAA 50th Anniversary

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NOAA’s Weather–Ready Nation is about readying your community for weather, water, and climate-related events.

National Weather Service: Protecting lives and property for 150 years

February 28, 2020

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A woman in the Weather Bureau station at National Airport (Washington, DC) is gathering surface weather observations at a Weather Bureau instrument panel on which are mounted barometers, thermometers, wind direction and velocity indicators, and other instruments for measuring weather elements, circa 1943.

National Weather Service at 150: 7 tech inventions that improved forecasting

February 7, 2020

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NOAA's GOES-S satellite is rotated to the vertical position after removal of its packing crate at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida, so engineers could prepare the satellite for a March 2018 launch. The advance weather satellite is operational now and referred to as GOES-17.

Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador Program reaches 10,000 strong

October 29, 2019

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Evolving the National Weather Service to Build a Weather-Ready Nation

October 29, 2019

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NOAA & Air Force Reserve ‘Hurricane Hunters’ to visit East Coast on preparedness tour

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Visitors line up for tours aboard the U.S. Air Force WC-130J in Galveston, Texas, on May 18, 2016.

New NWS Strategic Plan aims to build a Weather-Ready Nation

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The NWS Weather-Ready Nation Strategic Plan is now available.

'Safe Place' campaign prompted millions of people to learn about weather safety

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Weather-Ready Nation saves lives during Louisiana tornado outbreak

February 27, 2017

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Neighborhood damaged by tornado in New Orleans East on February 8, 2017.

Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador develops a storm school for everyone

January 13, 2017

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Media advisory: National Weather Service director to brief media on agency’s plan to transform its science and services

October 17, 2016

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Prepare for summer weather hazards

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Prepare for Summer Weather Hazards

NOAA, USAF Reserve embark on Gulf Coast Hurricane Awareness Tour

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The USAF Reserve WC-130J (left) and the NOAA G-IV (right) on display at the NOAA HAT site in Norfolk, Virginia, May 6, 2015.

Spring has sprung! Get ready for wild weather #SpringSafety

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NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory mobile radar tracking a thunderstorm in Nebraska

NOAA retires NOAA-16 polar satellite

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