It's only a matter of time before someone sues Lockheed after a
weather-related fatality, claiming a faulty briefing or not enough
warning, etc. After all they will be the deepest pocket around, by
far. Lockheed knows this and are covering their asses for that
eventuality.

This is an unanticipated disadvantage of turning a government safety
function like this over to a private company, since the government
couldn't be sued over this kind of stuff so they could give more
objective info.

I work for a gov't contractor. There is such a term as GCD which is
Government Contractor Defense. Now, I don't know how the FSS contract is
worded, but for the stuff *I* do, if the government agrees with the
requirements & design I've provided to them, I'm covered in court if an
aw**** happens.

Caveat: I am not a lawyer. YMMV.