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Scientists re-visit the Tri-State Tornado

Posted in Talks and Articles on May 16, 2013 by Susan Cobb.

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.

Tags: 1925, Issue: Spring 2013, NSSL, SPC, tornado, tri-state tornado

Warn-on-Forecast Week!

Posted in Collaboration, Research News, Warning Research News on January 30, 2013 by Susan Cobb.

February 5-7 at the National Weather Center.

Tags: dimmitt, Hot Items, Issue: Winter 2013, tornado, warn-on-forecast

New NOAA awards to fund studies of weather warnings, social media, Internet tools and public response

Posted in Outreach News on August 27, 2012 by Susan Cobb.

NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and the NOAA National Weather Service awarded funding for four, two-year projects to improve the way potentially life-saving weather warnings reach those who need them.

Tags: Issue: Summer 2012, social media, tornado, warnings

The Tornado “Drought” of 2012

Posted in Outreach News, Perspectives on August 3, 2012 by Susan Cobb.

NSSL’s Harold Brooks posted about “The Tornado “Drought” of 2012 on the U.S. Severe Weather Blog. Read about it here: http://www.norman.noaa.gov/2012/08/the-tornado-drought-of-2012/

Tags: Brooks, drought, Issue: Summer 2012, NSSL, tornado

Mike Coniglio’s winning photo

Posted in Perspectives, Photo of the Month on December 28, 2009 by Susan Cobb.

Mike Coniglio won second place in the “Research Tools of the Trade” category in the OAR photo contest for this photo.

Tags: Issue: January 2009, tornado, vortex2

VORTEX2 makes science history

Posted in Warning Research News on June 22, 2009 by Susan Cobb.

VORTEX2 research teams made science history by deploying 70 instruments, including 10 mobile radars and at least 30 other vehicles, on a tornadic supercell for the first time.

Tags: Hot Items, Issue: June 2009, tornado, vortex2

NOAA Commemorates the 10th Anniversary of the May 3, 1999 Tornado Outbreak

Posted in Outreach News on April 23, 2009 by Susan Cobb.

Weather experts and those affected by the May 3, 1999 tornado outbreak including emergency managers, first responders and city officials will speak at the “May 3 Tornado Outbreak 10th Anniversary Event,” sponsored by NOAA.

Tags: Hot Items, Issue: April 2009, Outreach News, tornado

VORTEX2 preparations intensify

Posted in Research News, Warning Research News on March 4, 2009 by Susan Cobb.

VORTEX2, the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment – 2 will focus on answering new questions about how, when, and why tornadoes form, why some thunderstorms produce tornadoes and others do not, the structure of tornadoes, and the relationship of tornadic winds to damage.

Tags: Hot Items, Issue: March 2009, tornado, vortex2

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