NOAA's National Weather Service Headlines

Latest weather and climate headlines from NOAA's National Weather Service

...Flooding in the Midwest... - June 11, 2008

Damage from flooding appears likely to reach hundreds of millions of dollars. Roads and bridges have been shut down, crops have been damaged, and officials in some areas fear the worst flooding since 1993. Thousands of homes and hundreds of businesses have been flooded with numerous evacuations, countless roads are flooded and closed, road damage is extensive, and many levees and earthen dams have failed or are in jeopardy of failing.
http://www.weather.gov/ahps/

...Another day of heat in the East... - June 10, 2008

Hot, steamy weather continued in the East from the Carolinas to New England. The heat index reached 102 degrees in the District of Columbia on Monday, Several cities in North Carolina broke record high temperatures. Some relief is in sight as the upper-level ridge which has been responsible for the record temperatures will move offshore. By Wednesday temperatures will remain in the upper 80s to lower 90s across much of the East.
http://www.noaawatch.gov/themes/heat.php

A major severe weather outbreak expected from the eastern half of the Plains into the Upper Mississippi Valley this afternoon and tonight - June 5, 2008

The Storm Prediction Center is predicting widespread damaging thunderstorm winds, strong tornadoes and, large hail over a large part of the eastern Plains and the Upper Mississippi Valley.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/

...Rip Current Awareness Week - June 1 - 7... - June 2, 2008

Rip currents are powerful, channeled currents of water flowing away from shore. They typically extend from the shoreline, through the surf zone, and past the line of breaking waves. Rip currents can occur at any beach with breaking waves, including the Great Lakes.
http://www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov/

...Atlantic Tropical Depression ARTHUR... - June 2, 2008

The National Hurricane Center has issued its last advisory on Tropical Depression Arthur. However, the remnants of Arthur could produce additional heavy rains over portions of Belize, Guatemala, and southeastern Mexico during the next couple of days. These rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mud slides, especially in mountainous terrain.
http://www.noaawatch.gov/2008/arthur.php