AccuWeather Success Stories Show How Weather Information and Insight Works
Tornado Strikes Town: No Lives Lost
When a violent tornado moved through the center of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on February 10, 2013, a quiet Sunday afternoon, AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions provided its clients with clear, actionable information well before the National Weather Service. read more
Warnings for Blizzard of ‘13
If you received critical business intelligence 24 hours before your competitors, would you have a competitive advantage? Of course! Find out what happened in the great snowstorm of February 7-9. read more
Outdoor Events Large and Small Benefit from SkyGuard
Thursday, July 26, 2012, a tractor pull is in progress at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair. AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions is monitoring the atmosphere over the region and, at 8:05pm, issues a lightning warning for the Fair. read more
The Thunderclap Heard ‘Round the World
As thunderstorms threatened the area, officials for Six Flags Over Texas received a lightning warning from AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions. They immediately began taking proactive measures to get their guests to a secure location. read more
Better Radar = Better Tornado Tracking
Often companies use the words, "new" and "better" for things that don't really matter to their customers. During the week of April 9, 2012, AccuWeather used an improved radar to save lives. read more
Andover Receives 13 Additional Minutes to Prepare
The citizens of Andover had ample warning to shelter in their homes and to get to area shelters thanks to the SkyGuard Warning provided to the City of Andover. read more
BNSF Receives 41 Minutes of Advance Tornado Warning
Armed with a SkyGuard warning, BNSF was able to clear their track to insure a train was not in the path of the tornado. read more
Spirit Aerosystems Employees Safe, 24 Minutes to Prepare for Tornado
As a large tornado was approaching Wichita, KS our clients, such as Spirit Aerosystems, were receiving SkyGuard warnings tailored with times of arrival and other information pertinent to their specific requirements. read more
Mission Critical Warnings Provided to Clients in Dallas
When a vicious swarm of tornadoes was about to strike the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, AccuWeather provided mission-critical tornado warnings for clients who needed to seek shelter, as well as vital messages ("null tornado messages") for clients that were out of harm's way - so they could continue regular operations. read more
Trains Kept Safe during Joplin Tornado
Since 1991, Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) has partnered with AccuWeather to provide track-specific weather risk mitigation warnings to keep its trains and people out of harm's way. That partnership paid huge dividends on Sunday, May 22, 2011 when a violent and extremely large tornado crossed the KCS track as it made its way across Joplin, Missouri. read more
Lives Saved, Business Disruption Avoided
During the four-day period from Sunday, April 24 through Wednesday, April 27, we issued more than 3,200 warnings and warning-related messages to our clients. That is a record. These went to railroads, manufacturers, corporate campuses, data centers, and government facilities. read more
Tornadoes Swarm, Train Safe
A rash of violent tornadoes raked northwest Iowa the evening of Saturday, April 9, 2011. While many were focused on Mapleton, IA, the AccuWeather Extreme Weather Center was looking out for their clients and issued a tornado warning for Canadian National Railroad's track near Alta, IA at 9:29pm, valid from 9:35 until 10:15pm. read more
SkyGuard has Your Bases Covered
When a vicious storm containing microbursts and tornadoes moved across Queens and Brooklyn September 16, 2010, Mets fans at CitiField were in the path. read more
Weather Doesn’t Have an “Offseason”
As the afternoon rush hour progressed in downtown Dallas Wednesday, September 8, 2010, SkyGuard meteorologists detected an in-cloud swirl forming 7 miles southwest of downtown Dallas. read more
Special Report – Tropical Storm Season 2010
Two episodes of excessive rainfall, Tropical Storm Alex and Tropical Depression Two, caused the most severe flooding in northern Mexico in at least 45 years. In both cases, AccuWeather;s SkyGuard® provided timely and accurate forecasts which enabled our clients to effectively mitigate the effects of these storms. read more
Westar Energy Makes Right Decision
Based on advanced forecasts, Westar Energy, located in Wichita, Kansas, knew they were not going to be impacted by a massive ice storm, but the neighboring state of Oklahoma would be. Westar sent crews to Oklahoma ahead of the storm so they could be available to help restore power and make repairs. read more
A Stop in Time Saves Train
A Kansas City Southern train near Roodhouse, Illinois was stopped when our meteorologists forecasted a tornado would cross the track ahead of the train. By stopping the train, based on our warning, Kansas City Southern was keeping the train out of harm's way. read more
Avoidable Tragedies
The Camrose, Alberta stage collapse occurred at the Big Blue Valley Jamboree August 1 with one person killed and 75 injured. AccuWeather had been tracking a storm for our client, Navistar, in nearby Edmonton. We provided 32 minutes advance warning to Navistar of 100km/hour (60 mph) wind gusts and cloud to ground lightning. We would have provided at least as much warning for the Camrose area. read more
Nothing Happened, Thank Goodness!
On July 8, 2009, AccuWeather began service for Ferromex, the largest railroad in Mexico. Sixteen days later, the service proved its value many times over. In this case, it is what didn't occur that is newsworthy. read more
Cat’astrophe Avoided
At 4:27pm, June 12, 2009, the Caterpillar, Inc. plant in Southaven, Mississippi received a SkyGuard® tornado warning from AccuWeather . The warning was valid from 4:40 until 5:10pm. The people of Caterpillar knew that the warning had given them 13 precious minutes to implement their safety plan. read more