July/August 2011 Issue

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NSSL helps Phoenix power company brace for sand storms

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011  ·  Posted in Warning Research News

An NSSL algorithm developed in collaboration with Arizona’s Salt River Project (SRP) alerts the power company of the potential for a dust storm.

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Wall of dirt

Thursday, July 21st, 2011  ·  Posted in Photo of the Month

A wall of dirt engulfs the Phoenix metro area for the second time in July, 2011.

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Suzanne Van Cooten, Ph.D.

NSSL hydrometeorologist featured on tribal news program

Thursday, July 21st, 2011  ·  Posted in People News

NSSL hydrometeorologist Suzanne Van Cooten is featured on the Chickasaw Nation tribal news channel this month.

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NWC lightning

Summer Thunder 2011 hosted by NSSL

Thursday, July 21st, 2011  ·  Posted in Forecast Research News

NSSL co-hosted the Southern Thunder 2011 Workshop at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla. last week along with the NOAA Storm Prediction Center and the University of Oklahoma.

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Study cautions use of lightning trends alone to diagnose severe weather potential

Friday, July 8th, 2011  ·  Posted in Radar Research News

Researchers from NSSL and CIMMS have published the first study to combine rapidly-updating phased array radar data with high-resolution lightning data to study lightning behavior in a hail storm.

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