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NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES WARNINGS AS DAM
FAILS IN MISSOURI
Flood
and flash flood warnings were issued along the Black River
in Missouri by the NOAA National Weather Service office in
St. Louis, Mo., following the failure of the Upper Tom Sauk
Lake Dam near Lesterville, Mo. The dam is in the Ozark foothills
about 120 miles southwest of St. Louis. “Everyone along
the Black River and tributaries downstream of the Tom Sauk
Lake Dam is encouraged to pay heed to future warnings and
statements from the NOAA National Weather Service to keep
themselves safe from potential flood waters,” said Noreen
Schwein, water program meteorologist at National Weather Service
Central Region headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. Forecasters
said water would rise rapidly to as much as 20 feet deep along
the Black River, well above flood stage.
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NOAA’S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DECLARES HAWAI`I THE FIRST TSUNAMIREADY
STATE IN THE UNITED STATES
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Officials
from the NOAA National Weather Service were in Honolulu to praise
Hawai`i’s civil defense team for completing a set of rigorous
warning and evacuation criteria necessary to earn the distinction
of the entire state being TsunamiReady and StormReady. “It
is with great pride that we announce Hawai`i as the first TsunamiReady
state in America,” said U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye. |
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NOAA
ORGANIZES RESCUE TEAM TO DISENTANGLE NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE
— The NOAA Fisheries Service is leading a team of federal,
state and non-profit biologists and scientists to rescue an
entangled North Atlantic right whale off the southeast coast
of the United States. Severe weather and ocean conditions are
keeping the team temporarily in port, however, the group is
currently tracking the whale. The species is the most critically
endangered in the Atlantic with only about 300 in existence.
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Attributes Recent Increase in Hurricane Activity to Naturally
Occurring Multi-decadal Climate Variability |
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NOAA,
NASA, GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS INC. USE UNMANNED
AIRCRAFT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND DISASTER PROTECTION
— NOAA successfully completed its first series of missions
using a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system
to support NOAA's operational and research needs. Over the course
of one flight, the Altair UAS set a number of records, including
the longest duration it has flown, the farthest distance from
take off to return to the same base, and the farthest total
distance. |
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