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.

The National Weather Service has halted its automatic translation service for weather alerts until further notice, likely impacting the communications' accessibility for non-English speakers.

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.