Tag: tornado
SCIENCE IMPACT: Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System yields 75-minute lead time on violent tornado
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
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.
DELTA Project tests tornado hypotheses in the field
The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory is back in the field, testing tornado hypotheses with the DELTA Project.
FAR AFIELD: Researchers seek out and study tornadoes and severe weather
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
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.
NSSL offers cutting-edge support as Tropical Storm Hilary makes landfall in California
As Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall in California and affected the southwestern United States, researchers at the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) stepped into action, using a cutting-edge tool to lend support to forecasters.
Severe storm research campaign kicks off second year of data gathering
Researchers prepare to launch an experimental weather balloon on April 5, 2022, near a storm in Greenville, Alabama. (NOAA) This winter has brought multiple rounds of devastating severe weather to the southeastern U.S., with more…
VIDEO: Into the heart of a storm
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Significant Paper: Visualization of a simulated long-track EF5 tornado embedded within a supercell thunderstorm
This paper reports elucidates three-dimensional features thought to play an important role in creating and maintaining the tornado vortex.