Political pressures may have driven the federal agency to backtrack on its decision to suspend automated weather translations ...

On Friday, April 25, the NWS announced the contract had been reinstated. This would allow the project to become operational once again.

Several tornado warnings have already been issued in Oklahoma. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service office in Dallas-Fort Worth is focusing largely on flash flood watches and warnings.

The Lilt models automatically translate urgent updates and warnings from the NWS, which are then posted on websites like weather.gov and hurricanes.gov, and voiced over NOAA’s weather radio.