# Communications outage hobbles National Weather Service as deadly storms hit

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- CNN, 2026-08-12 16:26 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/12/weather/nws-warning-glitch-outage?Date=20260812&Profile=CNN

> An unusually prolonged and wide-ranging communications outage severely disrupted the National Weather Service on Tuesday evening. The disruption occurred as deadly severe thunderstorms were moving across the Midwest and Ohio Valley. The weather agency’s operations were hindered while dangerous storms were tearing through the region.