A balloon launch at the NWS Forecast Quad Cities office in Davenport, Iowa. (Danny Wilcox Frazier for NBC News)© Danny Wilcox Frazier for NBC News Ray Wolf at his home in Eldridge, Iowa on May 28.

On the night the deadly floodwaters raged down the Guadalupe River in Texas, the National Weather Service forecast office in Austin/San Antonio was missing a key member of its team: the warning ...

NWS union says Central Texas office was prepared, but understaffed offices may not be Deadly flood in Texas sparks a debate over whether recent cuts and staffing shortages led to a greater loss of ...

The concerns in the Quad Cities office reflect a challenging national staffing picture. The office is one of 35 of 122 forecasting offices without permanent meteorologists-in-charge to lead them ...

NWS union says Central Texas office was prepared, but understaffed offices may not be Deadly flood in Texas sparks a debate over whether recent cuts and staffing shortages led to a greater loss of ...