NWS
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If nothing else, this weather gives civilians a chance to study up on the NWS hierarchy of hot-weather alarms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
“If the NWS says 30 percent chance of ‘scattered afternoon thunderstorms,’ that means there’s high confidence of storms, but they won’t be widespread within your area.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
The NWS considers super typhoons to have the equivalent destructive potential as a category four or five hurricane.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
One hundred years after that, Philadelphia’s high on the 1976 bicentennial Independence Day was right in the middle: 81 degrees, according to the NWS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The NWS fly was eradicated in the United States in 1966.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
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