NWS may refer to National Weather Service , a U.S. government agency charged with issuing weather forecasts, advisories, watches, and warnings on a daily basis News Corporation s NASDAQ ticker symbol for Class B stock NWS TV station , a television station in Adelaide, South Australia Nuclear Weapons State, a term relating to the U.S., Russia, China, United Kingdom and France in the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty Not safe for work Not work safe , a web acronym interchangeable with the more widespread NSFW not safe for work New Wrestling Stars , a wrestling company based in Puerto Rico North Warning System , a series of radar stations across Arctic North America Nintendo World Store , Nintendo s showcase store in New York City Naval Wargames Society , the international society devoted to the advancement of naval wargames NWS Holdings , a listed company in Hong Kong North Wilkesboro Speedway , a track that was the site of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing until closing in 1996, the track reopened in 2010 and will hold a USARacing event. disambig de NWS it NWS ... more details
Infobox Company company name NWS Holdings Company Limited br company logo Image Nwsholdings.png company type Listed company genre foundation 2002 founder Cheng Yu tung and Henry Cheng location city Hong Kong location country People s Republic of China location origins key people Chairman Henry Cheng area served Hong Kong industry Conglomerate company Conglomerate products services revenue operating income net income num employees parent New World Development divisions subsid owner company slogan homepage http www.nws.com.hk www.nws.com.hk NWS Holdings Limited hkex 659 is the conglomerate business conglomerate flagship of New World Development . It was established in 2002 when its predecessor , Pacific Ports Company Limited , acquired New World Services Limited from New World Development and the infrastructure assets from New World Infrastructure Limited. ref http www.nws.com.hk html eng about milestones.aspx Milestones of NWS Holdings ref The company is involved in infrastructure and service economics service businesses in Hong Kong , Mainland China and Macau . Its infrastructure division includes roads , energy , water and port s projects. Its service economics service division comprises facilities management the management of Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and ATL Logistics Centre , contracting Hip Hing Construction and NWS Engineering , finance Taifook Securities and New World Insurance and transportation New World First Bus , Citybus Hong Kong Citybus and New World First Ferry . Other companies owned by NWS Holdings include HK Ticketing. ref http www.hkticketing.com Ticketek eng default.asp hkticketing.com ref The company is headed by Henry Cheng ... html eng about overview.aspx Overview of NWS Holdings ref References reflist External links http www.nws.com.hk NWS Holdings Limited Category Companies established in 2002 Category Conglomerate companies Category Logistics companies of China Category New World Development Category NWS Holdings Category ... more details
www.nws9.com.au www.nws9.com.au NWS is an Australia n Australian television broadcasting television .... The station s name, NWS is an acronym of The N e W s S outh Australia. History Origins NWS 9 began broadcasting on 5 September 1959. NWS 9 was the first television station broadcasting in Adelaide. NWS 9 studios is located at Tynte Street, North Adelaide. The station was owned by Rupert Murdoch who also owned The News Adelaide The News newspaper. Popular shows produced in the past at NWS 9 include ..., owners of NWS, for Australian dollar A 19 million. ref name annual cite press release title Annual ..., NBN sold NWS to the Lambs in exchange for the majority stake in NBN Television NBN in 1982 . 2000s On 30 May 2007, Southern Cross Broadcasting announced its sale of NWS 9 to the WIN Corporation ... Affairs Nine News Adelaide Nine News Adelaide is produced from NWS s news studios and presented ... her sport reporting duties. In late 2008, NWS 9 launched its own local version of the station s flagship ... Titles NWS 9 News, Sport and Weather 1959 1965 Channel 9 News 1960 s early 1970s National Nine News ... Nws Category WIN Television Category Television stations in South Australia Category Television stations ... more details
The WSU NWS King and Queen Tournament is an annual mixed tag team tournament co promoted by Women Superstars Uncensored and National Wrestling Superstars. 2006 The winners of the 2006 King and Queen Tournament were Julio Dinero and Kara Drew Kara Slice . ref name results09 cite web url http www.onlineworldofwrestling.com 2009 04 14 king queen of the ring 2009 title WSU King & Queen of the Ring Results accessdate 2011 10 08 publisher Online World of Wrestling ref 2007 The winners of the 2007 King and Queen tournament were Danny Demanto and Melissa Stripes. The first round matches were Professional wrestling match types Basic non elimination matches three way matches . ref name results07 cite web url http www.onlineworldofwrestling.com profiles m melissa stripes.html title Melissa Stripes profile accessdate 2011 10 08 publisher Online World of Wrestling ref 8TeamBracket NoSeeds RD1 Round One RD2 Round Two RD3 Finals group1 group2 score width 35px team width 210px RD1 team1 Archadia and Melinda Padovano Alicia RD1 score1 Pin RD1 team2 Nicky Oceans and Alexa Thatcher Cabbie and Cindy Rogers RD1 score2 RD1 team3 Bison Bravado and Amy Lee RD1 score3 No contest RD1 team4 Corrupted Youth and Missy Sampson Fever and Z Barr RD1 score4 RD1 team5 Danny Demanto and Melissa Stripes RD1 score5 Pin RD1 team6 Shane Taylor and Sumie Sakai Johnny Candido and Janel Horton Alere Little Feather RD2 team1 BYE RD2 score1 RD2 team2 Archadia and Melinda Padovano Alicia RD2 score2 RD2 team3 BYE RD2 score3 RD2 team4 Danny Demanto and Melissa Stripes RD2 score4 RD3 team1 Danny Demanto and Melissa Stripes RD3 score1 Pin RD3 team2 Archadia and Melinda Padovano Alicia RD3 score2 2008 The winners of the 2008 King and Queen tournament were Rhett Titus and Nikki Roxx who interjected themselves into the final round match . ref name results08 cite web url http www.nyprowrestling.com results 2008.html title 2008 results accessdate 2011 10 08 publisher NY Pro Wrestling ref 8TeamBracket NoSeeds RD1 Round One ... more details
other than the former champion El Diamante. NWS had a weekly TV show on Channel 22 Liberty Cablevision ... 52 Video Max every Saturday and Sunday at 12pm called NWS A Puro Fuego2. NWS had its last show on September 10, 2006 and closed down soon after. Back From The Dead NWS will relaunch on Sunday ... more events and secure a TV deal. The Championships NWS crowned their first Tag Team Champions ... beating Crazy Rudy & Bandido. On March 25, 2006 in San Sebasti n, Puerto Rico, NWS crowned their first ... was also crowned the first NWS Heavyweight Champion when El Diamante pinned The Pyromaniac Tim Arson ... Richy Vallen. Final Champions The final champions when the promotion closed were NWS Heavyweight Championship Heavyweight Champion El Diamante NWS Television Championship Television Champion Superstar Ash Rubinski NWS Tag Team Championship Tag Team Champions The Bad Guys Bandido & Crazy Rudy NWS Cruiserweight ... more details
and its county warning area. The National Weather Service Wichita, Kansas NWS Wichita is a local ... Area and Salina, Kansas . ref name NWS Map History The Signal Corps United States Army Army Signal Service established a federal weather office in the region on June 13, 1888. ref name NWS Wichita ... 29, 1940 there were two Weather Bureau Offices in Wichita. ref name NWS Wichita History Present ... and weather warnings for central, south central, and southeastern Kansas. ref name NWS Wichita History ... the state. ref name NWS Map In the event that the office becomes temporarily unable to perform its duties, NWS Wichita s primary backup office the office that would take over until NWS Wichita was able ... reflist refs ref name NWS Map Cite web author National Weather Service title NWS Wichita Mission work NWS Wichita Mission accessdate 2010 02 10 date 2009 06 26 publisher National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration url http www.crh.noaa.gov ict ?n mission ref ref name NWS Wichita History Cite web author National Weather Service title NWS Wichita History work NWS Wichita History accessdate ... ict ?n history ref External links http www.crh.noaa.gov ict NWS Wichita s website http www.facebook.com US.NationalWeatherService.Wichita.gov NWS Wichita s official Facebook page Category National ... more details
The Naval Wargames Society NWS is interested in all forms and scales of naval wargaming maritime wargaming , and has been so for more 30 years. The society was originally started by Phil Dunn , and the proprietors of Navwar and Skytrex. Originally, society games were held in Chessington , and in later years moving to North Holmwood . 1994 saw the merger between the NWS and the Battleship club , which was also started by Phil Dunn. The merger saw the NWS expand, with regional groups being established in Kent Ashford , Thames Valley Mortimer , Wessex Trowbridge and Surrey North Holmwood , as well as a group the 6th Battle Squadron in the US. In recognition of the society s goal to promote naval wargaming, and to act as a forum for the exchange of information, it produces two publications a journal called Battlefleet published approximately once a quarter, and a monthly newsletter, All Guns Blazing . Not only does the society encourage their members to write articles about wargaming and maritime history, but it also encourages member participation by frequently holding multiplayer naval wargames. As well as these games, the Regional groups of the society sometimes represent NWS at gaming convention gaming conventions , an example of this is the Lissa game run by the North Hull Wargames group. Another feature of the NWS has been the organisation of a number of naval wargames holidays . These have included groups despatched to the USA Virginia , North Carolina , Alabama , Mississippi , Louisiana , Germany , Poland , Greece and to places of interest in the UK including Scapa Flow . The aim of these trips is to visit as many places of interest, historic ships, naval museums and book and model shops as possible. The NWS also ran its own wargames show called Flagship . This was held at Fort Brockhurst in Gosport , UK. In recent years the NWS has staged a series of events on board HMS Belfast , starting with a recreation of the Battle of North Cape on the 60th anniversary of that battle ... more details
content to meet this mission. Our goal is to increase expertise among NOAA NWS personnel so that they can ... Training Unit With the nationwide implementation of the NEXRAD program, NWS management formed a unique ... Training Unit, or NTU . This facility was originally part of the NWS Forecast Office in Norman, OK and administered by the Southern Region of the NWS. Operations Training Branch In 1991, reorganization of the NWS led to the transfer of administration of NTU staff to the rapidly growing Operational ... with 24 students each including students from both NWS and Department of Defense DoD . By 1993, there were 27 NWS and DoD instructors at OTB. In 1997, the last residence WSR 88D OPS Course was taught ... had been recognized by NWS employees as an example of training done right in the NWS Modernization ... Branch In the fall of 2000, the NWS again transferred administrative control of the Operations Training ... directly to all NWS operational forecasters in order to improve warning services and reduce costs ... more details
Communication Site NWS North Warning System NWS LRR North Warning System Long Range RADAR Site NWS SRR North Warning System Short Range RADAR Site NWS LSS North Warning System Logistic SupPort Site N A DEW Not Applicable to the DEW Line N A NWS Not Applicable to the North Warning System Lat Long ... Dates DEW Operations ceased 30 Sep 69. Notes N A NWS. Site Code COB 2 Lat Long small coord 53 58 ... Bay, Alaska Significant Dates DEW Operations ceased 30 Sep 69. Notes N A NWS. Site Code COB 3 Lat Long ... Cape Sarichef Significant Dates DEW Operations ceased 30 Sep 69. Notes N A NWS. Site Code COB 4 Lat ... Name Port Moller, Alaska Significant Dates DEW Operations ceased 30 Sep 69. Notes N A NWS. Site Code ... Geographical Name Port Heiden, Alaska Significant Dates DEW Operations ceased 30 Sep 69. Notes N A NWS ... Cold Bay, Alaska Significant Dates DEW Operations ceased 30 Sep 69. Notes N A NWS. Site Code AGE X ... Name Anchorage, Alaska Significant Dates Operations ceased 1963. Notes N A NWS Site Code NEL X Lat ... Name Fort Nelson, BC Significant Dates Operations ceased 1963 Notes N A NWS Site Code WAT X Lat Long ..., Alberta a.k.a. Stoney Mountain Significant Dates Operations ceased 1964 Notes N A NWS Site ... Comm. Geographical Name Bird, Manitoba Significant Dates Operations ceased 1963 Notes N A NWS Site Code ... Notes DEW LIZ Site at an unknown location, N A NWS Site Code LIZ 2 Lat Long small coord 69 44 08 N 163 00 59 W type landmark small Site Type DEW Aux NWS LRR Geographical Name Point Lay, Alaska Significant Dates NWS Site Established 89 90 Site deactivated 1994 Notes Site Code LIZ 3 Lat Long small coord 70 36 32.65 N 159 52 07.93 W type landmark small Site Type DEW Aux NWS SRR Geographical Name Wainwright, Alaska Significant Dates NWS Site Established 1994 DEW Operations ceased Apr 1995 Notes Closed ... I Site Operations ceased 1963. Notes N A NWS Site Code LIZ B Lat Long small coord 70 17 16.96 N 161 ... Dates I Site Operations ceased 1963 Notes N A NWS Site Code LIZ C Lat Long small coord 70 48 32 N ... more details
National Weather Service Chicago currently known as National Weather Service Romeoville is a weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 23 counties in Northern Illinois , the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana . ref name NWS Map cite web url http www.crh.noaa.gov lot images CWA1.gif title NWS Map publisher National Weather Service Chicago accessdate 19 November 2009 ref The Signal Corps United States Army Army Signal Service established the first federal weather office in the region in Chicago on October 15, 1870. ref name NWS History cite web url http www.crh.noaa.gov lot ?n office title Brief History of the National Weather Service in Chicago publisher National Weather Service Chicago accessdate 19 November 2009 ref During May 1894 the Chicago Weather Bureau was given a new forecast area extending from the Great Lakes region all the way to the Rocky Mountains . ref name NWS History The current National Weather Service Chicago is located in Romeoville, Illinois Romeoville and is in charge of issuing local forecasts and weather warnings for the Chicago area . ref name NWS History It is one of only two National Weather Service offices in Illinois, the other being National Weather Service Central Illinois . References reflist 1 External links http www.crh.noaa.gov lot NWS Chicago Main Page Category National Weather Service Category National Weather Service Forecast Offices Chicago, Illinois ... more details
August event class wikitable collapsible width 100 colspan 7 List of reported tornadoes August 1671 center Fujita scale F center center Location center center County center center Coord. center center Time UTC center center Path length center center Damage center colspan 7 align center Massachusetts bgcolor storm colour cat? big F? big Rehoboth, Massachusetts Rehoboth Bristol County, Massachusetts Bristol 12 57 PM convert 17 mi km Trees were snapped by the tornado. colspan 7 small Sources http www.spc.noaa.gov climo reports 090106 rpts.html SPC Storm Reports for 01 06 09 http www.webcitation.org 5dg6mchtI NWS Peachtree City 1 http www.webcitation.org 5dgc34pMP NWS Peachtree City 2 , http www4.ncdc.noaa.gov cgi win wwcgi.dll?wwevent storms NWS Storm Data Category Tornadoes in the United States ... more details
of reference. The NWS is similar to the NHC in its use of breakpoints, in that the breakpoints are used for the issuance of watches and warnings, though beyond that the NWS is stricter in its use of breakpoints. In general, the breakpoints used by the NWS are a combination of latitude or longitude points such as 35N , and geographical features such as Cape Hatteras Hatteras Canyon . The NWS breakpoints .... The NWS issues forecasts for the area between each breakpoint, defining each as a forecast zone. In general, the NWS s breakpoints serve almost solely as endpoints to the zones, as watches, warnings ... of the entire region can be used. The JMA is similar to the NWS in forecasts and most warnings are issued ... www.nws.noaa.gov NWS map showing current warnings for both land and maritime zones Category Weather ... more details
In National Weather Service NWS terminology, an extreme wind warning EWW is a warning issued when a landfall meteorology landfalling tropical cyclone hurricane is expected to bring winds of 100 knots 115 mph, 185 km h, 51 m s to a specific location. The warning is issued just prior to when the strongest winds of the eyewall are expected to impact an area. ref name nws cite web url http products.weather.gov PDD EWW.pdf title Product Description Document Extreme Wind Warning EWW accessdate 2007 10 04 author National Weather Service ref The warning is to be issued for the smallest area possible, and be valid for times of two hours or less. ref name nws It was developed in response to confusion resulting from the landfall of Hurricane Katrina . NWS offices in Jackson, Mississippi Jackson and New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Baton Rouge, Louisiana Baton Rouge issued 11 tornado warning s for areas that would not experience an actual tornado , but would experience extreme wind speeds commonly associated with tornadoes. ref name commerce cite web url http www.weather.gov os assessments pdfs Katrina.pdf title Service Assessment. Hurricane Katrina August 23 31, 2005 accessdate 2007 10 04 author U.S. Department of Commerce ref The extreme wind warning is now expected to be used in these situations. See also Severe weather terminology United States References reflist hurricane stub SevWea nav Category Weather warnings and advisories ... more details
The National Weather Service Caribou, Maine is a local office of the National Weather Service responsible for monitoring weather conditions in northern Maine . External links http www.erh.noaa.gov er car NWS Caribou s website Category National Weather Service Forecast Offices Caribou, Maine Category Aroostook County, Maine US gov stub meteorology stub ... more details
to preserve NWS jobs, promote better working conditions and career promotions for NWS, and participate ... 70,000 members to support fully funding the NWS. These efforts helped maintain critical weather forecasts and warnings. Saved the CWSUs from consolidation, preserving aviation safety and NWS jobs ... Appropriations Subcommittees Securing back pay for overtime for nearly 200 NWS employees. Securing FLSA Non Exempt status for more than 180 NWS employees. The NWS has agreed to pay two years lost ... NWS employees each and every year from now on. Secured the National Weather Service Health Club and Wellness Services Fee Reimbursement Program NWS employees can have their health club membership fees ... off funding cuts to the National Hurricane Center and the NWS s Southern Region. Executive Vice President ... more details
a nativename r logo logo width logo caption seal seal width seal caption picture NWS Lincoln.jpg ... Springfield becoming the first federal weather station in the region. ref name NWS history cite ... Bureau. ref name NWS history ref name 1899 Weather Bureau ref name 1907 almanac cite book ... data in the atmosphere using tethered instruments. ref name NWS history ref cite book title The Dublin ... NWS history ref name 1912 Report cite book title Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau publisher ... NWS history In Springfield the Weather Bureau was officially moved from its original location to a new building at 7th and Monroe. ref name NWS history In 1928 the Springfield Weather Bureau moved temporarily ... courthouse federal courthouse . ref name NWS history Finally in 1930 the Springfield office was moved to its new location at the Springfield federal building. ref name NWS history Aviation Weather ... NWS history As the aviation industry grew a Weather Bureau Airport Station WBAS was opened at the Peoria ... at a small airport in Springfield. ref name NWS history ref cite book last Lee Scamehorn first ... Lincoln Capital Airport . ref name NWS history In 1954 the Springfield Weather Bureau was closed and the airport station picked up the responsibilities of the old office. ref name NWS history File WSR ... radar WSR 1 at Lambert Field in Saint Louis, Missouri Saint Louis . ref name NWS history Radar coverage ... the National Weather Service NWS . ref name NWS history The Peoria and Springfield offices become ... NWS history A new radar, WSR 74C , was installed in Moline, Illinois Moline and helped the Peoria NWS issue severe weather warnings for the region. ref name NWS history In 1980 the Springfield office received a WSR 74C radar system to use for local warning operations. ref name NWS history In 1992 .... ref name NWS history National Weather Service Lincoln 1993 In 1993 construction began on a new NWS ... Lincoln . ref name NWS history The new office would be part of a modernization plan that relocate ... more details
Angeline Falls is a large waterfall located on an unnamed tributary of the West Fork Foss River in Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area , King County, Washington . It is a Waterfall horsetail type waterfall convert 450 ft m 0 high and more than convert 120 ft m 0 wide. The waterfall is perennial and flows from the outlet of Angeline Lake to the head of Delta Lake. It is at 47.58340 sup o sup N, 121.31034 sup o sup W. Angeline Falls is located where the subterranean outlet of Angeline Lake rises out of the sheer cliff. According to the Northwest Waterfall Survey, it is among the best in Washington State and ranks number 9 in a list of best waterfalls in the Pacific Northwest . Access to the spectacular falls is considered difficult, only recommended for experienced hikers, and includes potentially waist deep wading through a water outlet across a logjam, to the east shore of Delta Lake for the best view. Sources http www.waterfallsnorthwest.com nws falls.php?num 4574 Northwest Waterfalls Survey, Angeline Falls , description http www.waterfallsnorthwest.com nws image.php?st WA&num 284&p 0 Northwest Waterfalls Survey, Angeline Falls , photo http www.waterfallsnorthwest.com nws best.php Northwest Waterfalls Survey, Best of the Northwest 100 best waterfalls AlpineLakesWaterfalls coord 47 35 00 N 121 18 37 W display title Category Waterfalls of Washington state Category Landforms of King County, Washington KingWA geo stub ... more details
orphan date January 2010 Located in Kansas City, Missouri , the National Weather Service Training Center NWSTC is an integral component of the National Weather Service Mission by providing training to NOAA NWS employees in the areas of equipment operations, maintenance and repair , management, meteorology, hydrology, systems support, and related activities. NWSTC s staff develop and deliver courses in a number of formats including residence classes and workshops, World Wide Web web based and computer based Autodidacticism self study tutorials, teletraining interactive web delivery , and work aides. In addition, NWSTC staff provides consulting services, research and development , technical and operational documentation assistance, and system deployment support.Also, the NWSTC Leadership Academy offers leadership training to all federal agencies. NWSTC s goal is to teach job specific and practical skills integrate systems so the whole, instead of individual parts of the problem can be recognized emulate the NWS working field environment and provide students the ability to work and experiment with concepts or equipment as part of learning. NWSTC s Mission is to align the training of NOAA NWS employees with the advancement of science and technology for NOAA to earn the public s trust and perform with service based excellence. Category National Weather Service Climate stub ... more details
The National Weather Service Albany, New York is a local office of the National Weather Service responsible for monitoring weather conditions for eastern New York State and portions of western New England . External links http www.erh.noaa.gov er aly NWS Albany s website Category National Weather Service Forecast Offices Albany, New York Category Albany, New York US gov stub meteorology stub ... more details
The National Weather Service Binghamton, New York is a local office of the National Weather Service responsible for monitoring weather conditions for 24 counties in south central New York State and northeastern Pennsylvania . External links http www.erh.noaa.gov er bgm NWS Binghamton s website Category National Weather Service Forecast Offices Binghamtom, New York Category Binghamton, New York US gov stub meteorology stub ... more details
The National Weather Service Buffalo, New York is a local office of the National Weather Service responsible for monitoring weather conditions in western New York State . External links http www.erh.noaa.gov buf NWS Buffalo s website Category National Weather Service Forecast Offices Buffalo, New York Category Organizations based in Buffalo, New York US gov stub meteorology stub ... more details
The National Weather Service Burlington, Vermont is a local office of the National Weather Service located at Burlington International Airport BTV in South Burlington, VT that is responsible for monitoring weather conditions in extreme northern New York State and the northern two thirds of Vermont . External links http www.erh.noaa.gov btv NWS Burlington s website Coord 44.469316 73.154762 display title Category National Weather Service Forecast Offices Burlington, Vermont Category Burlington, Vermont US gov stub meteorology stub ... more details
The National Weather Service State College, Pennsylvania is a local office of the National Weather Service responsible for monitoring weather conditions in central Pennsylvania . Open since May 1993, the office serves 33 counties and has about 25 employees. External links http www.erh.noaa.gov er ctp NWS State College s website Category National Weather Service Forecast Offices State College, Pennsylvania Category State College, Pennsylvania US gov stub meteorology stub ... more details
refimprove date January 2012 Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center ZDV is an Area Control Center in the United States. It is located in Longmont, Colorado , approximately convert 25 mi north of Denver . External links http www.crh.noaa.gov crh cwsu index.php?site zdv Denver Center Weather Service Unit CWSU National Weather Service NWS Federal Aviation Administration FAA Category Air traffic control centers Aviation stub ... more details
refimprove date January 2012 Indianapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center ZID is an Area Control Center in the United States located in Indianapolis , Indiana . External links http www.crh.noaa.gov crh cwsu index.php?site zid Indianapolis Center Weather Service Unit CWSU National Weather Service NWS Federal Aviation Administration FAA Category Air traffic control centers Aviation stub ... more details
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