National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Areas of Dangerous Heat and Heavy Rain with Possible Flooding into this Weekend

Hot temperatures and high humidity are forecast to continue across the mid-Mississippi Valley into this weekend with heat advisories in effect. Heavy to excessive rainfall occurring at times through Sunday could bring areas of flooding to parts of the upper Midwest, central Great Lakes, southern New England and Virginia/North Carolina tidewater region. Read More >

The National Weather Service is undergoing an agency-wide Reorganization to streamline operations, improve service delivery, increase efficiencies, and eliminate duplicative efforts nationally and regionally. The updated organizational structure is outlined on this page.

NWS Organizational Structure

An organizational chart outlining the NWS Reorganization. At the center is the Office of Assistant Administrator (outlined in red, denoting OAA / NWS Director). Branching out are four key pillars (outlined in orange): Office of Systems, Office of Business Operations and Accountability, Office of Operations, and Office of CFO/CAO.

Sub-offices branch off from these pillars:

Systems (Left): Connects to Office of Observations (linked to ROC, NDBC, CASO), Office of Assistant Chief Information Officer, Radar Next Office, Mission Systems and Technology, NWS Central Operations, and Commercial Observations Program.

Business Operations and Accountability (Top Center): Connects to Accountability & Planning, Facilities, and Human Capital Management.

Operations (Right): Connects to Monitoring Response & Coordination Center, Resourcing, National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Office of Water Prediction, Mission Delivery (Office), Office of Modeling and Development, Office of Logistics, and Office of Future Readiness.

CFO/CAO (Bottom Center): Connects to Budget Formulation, Budget Execution, Administrative Management, and Workforce Management.