Tornado outbreaks catch forecasters by surprise after National Weather Service cuts

from Morning Edition · host Frank Morris

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

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