The National Weather Service (NWS) is experiencing a major data outage, affecting weather warnings during deadly Midwest floods and a widespread heat wave. The outage began around 5:30 p.m. EDT on Monday and is ongoing, affecting NWS operations including forecast and warning dissemination, data flows, and sluggish websites. Initial investigations revealed that the issue was caused by a network hardware configuration issue. Heavy rainfall in the Upper Midwest led to dam failures and flooding in Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota. More severe weather is expected for the region on Tuesday.

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