Saving Lives & Property
The National Severe Storms Laboratory serves the nation by working to improve the leadtime and accuracy of severe weather warnings and forecasts in order to save lives and reduce property damage. NSSL scientists are committed to their mission to understand the causes of severe weather and explore new ways to use weather information to assist National Weather Service forecasters and federal, university and private sector partners.
At NSSL, our basic and applied research focuses on understanding severe weather processes, developing weather observation technology, and improving forecast tools, with emphasis on:
- WEATHER RADAR
- HYDROMETEOROLOGY
- FORECAST & WARNING IMPROVEMENTS
NSSL News Items
NOAA researchers are working to make traveling in winter weather safer
A team of scientists is working on ways to better forecast potentially dangerous winter weather to cut down on these impacts to travelers.
Then and Now: 25 years ago
Twenty-five years ago today, NSSL joined the information superhighway with the creation of the lab’s first website in November 1994.
Researcher awarded by AMS
The American Meteorological Society announced the 2020 award and honor recipients.
Researchers are gathering data on Hurricane Dorian to improve forecasts
A team of scientists from NOAA and the University of Oklahoma are heading to Florida to collect weather data during the landfall of Hurricane Dorian.