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Public hail observation program ready for spring
NSSL’s hail reporting program needs volunteers within 90 miles of Norman. Go to http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/hasdex/
Read more »About the Weather Partners
The NOAA Weather Partners, located in Norman, Oklahoma, are five federal government organizations involved in severe weather research, forecasting and support. They are:
Collocation in Norman invigorates collaborations that lead to a rapid transfer of knowledge from research into technology, training and improved forecasts and warnings nationwide.
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celebrating NOAA's 200th Anniversary
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NOAA Weather Partners
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
National Weather Center
120 David L. Boren Blvd.
Norman, OK 73072
TEL 405-325-6933
FAX 405-325-6938
U.S. Severe Weather Blog
April 9, 2009 Severe Weather PotentialA look at an unfolding severe weather event and some new forecast techniques.
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NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed 2009 Spring ExperimentThis is the ninth year of the program designed by National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), the Storm Prediction Center and the National Weather Service to foster improved severe weather forecasts and warnings.
Read more »Radar Operations Center
Zittel Named Employee of the Month by NOAA National Weather Service Dave Zittel, meteorologist with the Radar Operations Center in Norman, Okla., has been named the August Employee of the Month by the NOAA National Weather Service. This national award recognizes Zittel’s outstanding technical contribution on development of a new weather radar technique that has greatly enhanced NEXRAD weather radar.
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Meteorologist Publishes Article on Hail with His Dad Paul Schlatter, WDTB meteorologist, co-authored a journal article about an unusual hailstorm in the August 2008 issue of the prestigious Monthly Weather Review. Additional authors are his father, Thomas W. Schlatter of the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, and Charles A. Knight with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, both in Boulder, Colo.
Read more »NWS Forecast Office
2008 Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecast-Scale Activities This is the second week of the 2008 Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) EFP (Experimental Forecast Program) Spring Experiment held in the NOAA HWT at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla. Each spring during the climatologically most active severe weather periods, multi-agency collaborative forecasting experiments known as the HWT EFP Spring Experiment have occurred since 2000. A strength of the program is the involvement of scientists and forecasters throughout the meteorological community. Participating in the EFP this week will include visiting forecasters from NOAA/NWS Pendleton OR, NOAA/NWS Amarillo TX, and researchers from NCAR, Boulder CO, Colorado State Univ., North Carolina State Univ., Mitre Corp./FAA, and Environment Canada.
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NOAA Hosts National Severe Weather Workshop March 5-7 Emergency managers and media will exchange ideas with academia and federal government experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the ninth annual National Severe Weather Workshop March 5-7 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center, 2501 Conference Drive, Norman, Okla. Registration is underway for the three-day workshop, designed to enhance partnerships between severe weather forecasters and researchers, emergency managers, broadcast meteorologists, businesses, storm spotters and other weather enthusiasts. Participants will identify communities at risk, evaluate current and future tools for hazardous weather assessment, and discuss communication technologies and meteorological careers.
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