- GROUND LEVEL SCIENCE: LIFT CHASES TORNADO INSIGHT
July 3, 2024
LIFT (Low-Level Internal Flows in Tornadoes) seeks to better understand winds in the lowest levels of tornadoes. To do so, scientists will have to get up close and personal. …
- SCIENCE IMPACT: Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System yields 75-minute lead time on violent tornado
June 13, 2024
SCIENCE IMPACT: NSSL's Warn-on-Forecast System yields 75 lead time on Greenfield, Iowa tornado, demonstrating potential for long-range tornado warnings.…
- SCIENCE IMPACT: “LIFT” project intercepts violent tornado; collects historic data
May 31, 2024
NSSL’s Low-Level Internal Flows in Tornadoes experiment, or “LIFT”, intercepted a violent tornado southeast of Duke, Okla., gathering a data set that could prove to be significant in our understanding of tornado winds at the ground level.…
- THE WARN-ON-FORECAST SYSTEM: A Weather Forecasting Moonshot
May 29, 2024
The Warn-on-Forecast System is a revolutionary approach to forecasting severe weather and tornadoes that could lead to a historic leap in warning lead times.…
- DELTA Project tests tornado hypotheses in the field
April 26, 2024
The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory is back in the field, testing tornado hypotheses with the DELTA Project.…
- NSSL’s Forecast Research and Development Division earns Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award
February 8, 2024
The United States Department of Commerce announced on Tuesday that the Forecast Research and Development Division at NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) is a recipient of its highest award, a Gold Medal. …
- FAR AFIELD: Researchers seek out and study tornadoes and severe weather
January 31, 2024
For more than 60 years, NSSL researchers have been taking to the field to study tornadoes and severe weather. …
- NSSL celebrates Science and Engineering Day
September 26, 2023
The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) hosted its inaugural NSSL Science and Engineering Day recently, gathering lab staff for a full day of reflection, discussion and collaboration. With a focus on appreciating the history and achievements of the lab while also casting a vision for the future, the event gave lab staff a unique opportunity to share, collaborate and think about the future of NSSL.…