A software glitch prevented weather warnings from going out as deadly storms struck Midwest
- An unusually long and far-reaching communications outage hobbled the National Weather Service just as deadly severe thunderstorms were tearing across the Midwest and Ohio Valley on Tuesday evening.
- The outage is more evidence of the long-running IT infrastructure challenges facing the agency, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- The outage meant that severe thunderstorm, flash flood and tornado warnings were significantly delayed in reaching the public, except via NOAA Weather Radio, according to the NWS.
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- An unusually long and far-reaching communications outage hobbled the National Weather Service just as deadly severe thunderstorms were tearing across the Midwest and Ohio Valley on Tuesday evening.
- The outage is more evidence of the long-running IT infrastructure challenges facing the agency, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- The outage meant that severe thunderstorm, flash flood and tornado warnings were significantly delayed in reaching the public, except via NOAA Weather Radio, according to the NWS.
Sources: CNN