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Independent Evaluation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service Tornado Forecasting and Warning Services
| Date Issued | July 8, 2025 |
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| Report Number | OIG-25-026-I |
| Report Type | Audits / Evaluations, Single Audit Reports |
| Description | Since fiscal year (FY) 2011, the NWS has achieved its Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) performance goal for false alarm ratio in 9 of the last 12 years. However, the NWS has consistently fallen short of meeting performance goals for probability of detection and warning lead times for this same time period. |
| View Report | OIG-25-026-1 |
| View Announcement | 2023-08-01_Tornado_Announcement |
