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Some pre-NSSL historical background
- Fawbush & Miller forecast of 1948 re-started tornado forecasting
in U.S.
- Formation of the Severe Local Storms unit (SELS) in 1952/1953
- Relocated from Washington, D.C., to Kansas City, MO in 1953
- Don House became supervisor in 1953 - recognized a need for forecast-related
research
- SELS Internal research program - formalized as National
Severe Storms Project (NSSP)