Stories Tagged ‘NSSL’

The rotation tracks product  shows areas of strong rotation over Newcastle and Moore, Okla. on May 20, 2013

May 2013 Oklahoma tornado outbreak through NSSL On Demand

NSSL’s On Demand Rotation Tracks product identifies areas of strongest circulation in May 2013 storms.

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Scientists re-visit the Tri-State Tornado

Scientists have re-examined the March 18, 1925 Tri-State Tornado was unusually severe, killing 695 people while it was on the ground for a record 219 miles crossing parts of Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

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Field project begins to improve thunderstorm prediction

Today, researchers launched the Mesoscale Predictability EXperiment (MPEX) field project to collect data on pre-storm and post-storm environments in an effort to better predict where and when thunderstorms will form. MPEX runs from May 15 – June 15, and is funded by the National Science Foundation.

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10K Followers on Twitter

On May 9, 2013 @NSSL snagged our 10,000 Twitter follower!  We have 23K folks on Facebook.  Thank you so much for your interest in our work.  We will keep it coming!

Map of where visiting forecasters/researchers to the @NOAAHWT warning program have come from since 2007.

Worldwide diversity in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Experiments