An eye to the sky

The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center can help you plan for power outages.

By Consulting-Specifying Engineer staff May 14, 2008

Keep tabs on weather and storm information—that might interrupt power supplies—with NOAA’s National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center . This site tracks weather-related events in the United States, including high winds, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes.

An interactive map of the nation provides color-coded warning indicators that are hyperlinked to the actual NWS warning reports.