Recent News from 2008

(3/29/2008) New Quarterly Weather Newsletter. A new issue of the Southern Plains Cyclone, a quarterly weather newsletter, has been published by WFO Norman. The Adobe PDF version of the Winter 2008 newsletter is now available on this website.

(3/20/2008) Hail Observation Research Project If you live within 90 miles of Norman, Oklahoma, you are invited to participate in a National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) research project. The project is called the Hail Size Discrimination Experiment.  More information about the project is available at the following link:

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/hail08/

(3/16/2008) National Flood Safety Awareness Week - March 17-21, 2008 Flooding is a widespread threat to the United States during all months of the year. National Flood Safety Awareness Week is intended to highlight some of the many ways floods can occur, the hazards associated with floods, and what you can do to save life and property. More information on floods and flood safety is available at:

http://www.weather.gov/floodsafety/

3/12/2008 CoCoRaHS March Madness 2008 CoCoRaHS is a volunteer network of weather observers of all ages and backgrounds that work together to measure and map precpitation (rain, hail and snow) in their local communities. Each year, during the month of March, the coordinators for each state are challenged to increase the number of CoCoRaHS observers. Sign up today to provide useful precipitation information to your local communities and the National Weather Service in Oklahoma and western north Texas.  More information is available at:

http://www.cocorahs.org/

(2/24/2008) February 24-March 1, 2008 has been designated as Severe Weather Awareness Week in Texas. The week of March 4-10, 2007 has been proclaimed as Severe Weather Awareness Week in Texas. During this week, National Weather Service offices throughout Texas will feature severe weather information and safety rules through the issuance of Public Information Statements. More information on severe weather is available at:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lub/safety/swaw/

(1/29/2008) Winter Precipitation Research Project If you live within 90 miles of Norman, OK, you are invited to get involved in a National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) research project. NSSL scientists are looking for volunteers to observe and describe types of precipitation that occur during winter weather events. The project is called the Winter Hydrometeor Classification Ground Truth Field Program.  More information is available here.