LAST SATURDAY OF OCTOBER, GETTING DATA THAT IS HELPFUL WHEN FORECASTING, ESPECIALLY DURING SEVERE WEATHER SEASON, COULD BECOME MORE DIFFICULT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS NAMED ITS OMAHA AND ...

Five tornadoes hit the Kansas City area Monday night. Did a change in National Weather Service balloon launches leave ...

A tornado outbreak near Kansas City, Kansas, on Monday night came as a surprise. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. At least three ...

WASHINGTON — With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders ...

Growing concern among meteorologists over lags in detecting severe weather threats has raised questions about what critical data forecasters are missing from the atmosphere — information that helps ...

Is the inability to launch $200 weather balloons several times a day creating gaps in critical weather data necessary to successfully predict tornadoes? A week ago, a swarm of twisters west of Kansas ...

About 13% of balloon launch sites were eliminated in 2025. The National Weather Service faced staffing cuts and launch operation changes in 2025. Experts say omitting balloon data can amplify errors ...

Staffing cuts forced the National Weather Service to cut early morning weather balloon launches. Then two tornado outbreaks this spring caught forecasters by surprise.

Staffing issues at the National Weather Service in Tucson could be affecting the accuracy of monsoon storm predictions, according to a former University of Arizona atmospheric scientist. About a month ...

Police officers in Oklahoma responded to an odd call in a neighborhood Saturday morning after a hot air balloon unexpectedly ...