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The '''National Weather Service''' ('''NWS''') is an [[Government agency|agency]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|United States federal government]] that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information. It is a part of the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA) branch of the [[United States Department of Commerce|Department of Commerce]], and is headquartered in | The '''National Weather Service''' ('''NWS''') is an [[Government agency|agency]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|United States federal government]] that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information. It is a part of the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA) branch of the [[United States Department of Commerce|Department of Commerce]], and is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland, within the Washington metropolitan area.<ref name="census1">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US2472450&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on|title=Silver Spring CDP, Maryland|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607190628/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US2472450&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on|archive-date=June 7, 2011|access-date=August 2, 2009}}</ref><ref name="NWSsite">{{cite web|title=NOAA's National Weather Service|url=http://www.nws.noaa.gov/|publisher=National Weather Service|access-date=August 2, 2009}}</ref> The agency was known as the '''United States Weather Bureau''' from 1890 until it adopted its current name in 1970.<ref name="Nass1">{{cite book|title=Large-scale Biomedical Science: Exploring Strategies for Future Research|publisher=[[National Academies Press]]|year=2003|isbn=978-0-309-08912-8|editor-last=Nass|editor-first=Sharyl J.|page=224|doi=10.17226/10718|lccn=2003009162|editor-last2=Stillman|editor-first2=Bruce}}</ref> | ||
The NWS performs its primary task through a collection of national and regional centers, and 122 local [[List of National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices|Weather Forecast Offices]] (WFOs). As the NWS is an agency of the U.S. federal government, most of its products are in the [[Copyright status of work by the U.S. government|public domain]] and available free of charge. | The NWS performs its primary task through a collection of national and regional centers, and 122 local [[List of National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices|Weather Forecast Offices]] (WFOs). As the NWS is an agency of the U.S. federal government, most of its products are in the [[Copyright status of work by the U.S. government|public domain]] and available free of charge. | ||