National Hurricane Center

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U.S. federal agency meteorological organization tropical cyclone warning center

The National Hurricane Center is a U.S. government agency that monitors, forecasts, and issues warnings for tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
NHC	1
RSMC Miami	1
U.S. National Hurricane Center	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. federal agency ⓘ meteorological organization ⓘ tropical cyclone warning center ⓘ
abbreviation	National Hurricane Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NHC
collaboratesWith	Caribbean meteorological services ⓘ U.S. federal agencies ⓘ surface form: U.S. emergency management agencies World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dataSources	aircraft reconnaissance ⓘ radar data ⓘ satellite observations ⓘ surface observations ⓘ
hasDivision	Hurricane Specialist Unit ⓘ Storm Surge Unit ⓘ Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch ⓘ
issuesProduct	graphical tropical weather outlooks ⓘ marine forecasts for tropical regions ⓘ storm surge watches and warnings ⓘ tropical cyclone discussions ⓘ tropical cyclone forecast/advisories ⓘ tropical cyclone public advisories ⓘ tropical weather outlooks ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
locatedIn	Miami ⓘ surface form: Miami, Florida Miami-Dade County ⓘ surface form: Miami-Dade County, Florida United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mission	to save lives, mitigate property loss, and improve economic efficiency by issuing the best watches, warnings, forecasts, and analyses of hazardous tropical weather ⓘ
monitors	hurricanes ⓘ major hurricanes ⓘ post-tropical cyclones ⓘ tropical depressions ⓘ tropical storms ⓘ
operatedBy	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ National Weather Service ⓘ
parentOrganization	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ National Weather Service ⓘ
partOf	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ surface form: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction ⓘ
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
regionServed	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean eastern North Pacific Ocean ⓘ parts of the central North Pacific Ocean for backup ⓘ
responsibleFor	aviation advisories on tropical cyclones ⓘ hurricane advisories ⓘ issuing hurricane warnings ⓘ issuing storm surge warnings ⓘ issuing tropical storm warnings ⓘ marine advisories on tropical cyclones ⓘ public advisories on tropical cyclones ⓘ tropical cyclone forecasting in the North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ tropical cyclone forecasting in the eastern North Pacific Ocean ⓘ tropical cyclone intensity forecasts ⓘ tropical cyclone track forecasts ⓘ tropical weather outlooks ⓘ
usesSystem	Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale ⓘ
website	https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Hurricane Center → abbreviation → National Hurricane Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NHC

Hurricane Agnes 1972 → agencyTrackedBy → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

subject surface form: Hurricane Agnes (1972)

Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory → collaboratesWith → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

Weather Prediction Center → collaboratesWith → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration → hasDivision → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres → hasMember → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: RSMC Miami

Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale → maintainedBy → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

Atlantic hurricanes → monitoredBy → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

eastern North Pacific Ocean → monitoredBy → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. National Hurricane Center

eastern North Pacific Ocean → monitoredBy → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

National Weather Service → operates → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch → parentOrganization → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

Hurricane Specialist Unit → partOf → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

Storm Surge Unit → partOf → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch → partOf → National Hurricane Center ⓘ

Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale → usedBy → National Hurricane Center ⓘ