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Video: New experimental radar could lead to earlier severe weather warnings

November 1, 2018

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NOAA's newest experimental weather radar located in Norman, Oklahoma, was installed earlier this year and will begin gathering data next spring.

Florence departs U.S., but rivers will rise further in the Carolinas

September 8, 2018

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NOAA GOES-East/GOES-16 satellite image of Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic captured 7 45 am EST, Sept 14, 2018.

NOAA research model brings severe weather into focus

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The 36-hour HRRRX forecasts accurately predicted Hurricane Irma’s location within a half county and captured the timing and landfall over Marco Island, Florida at 2 pm on Sunday, September 10, 28-hours in advance.

Video: Bad weather brings good opportunity to test forecast tools of the future

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Emergency managers play an integral role in the testing, evaluation, and feedback during the development of probabilistic hazard information within the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed.

Video: Hurricane Hunter in search of a different kind of storm

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One of NOAA's Hurricane Hunter P-3 Orion airplanes arrives in Monroe, Louisiana, for VORTEX-SE media day in March 2018.

Strong winds, heavy snow for the Plains as another coastal storm brews in the East

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Snowstorm.

Powerful storms to impact both U.S. coasts through Saturday morning. Get the latest watches, warnings

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Trekking through heavy rain.

Snow squall warnings now available nationwide

January 10, 2018

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Highway bridge during a heavy snowfall.

View real-time imagery from NOAA's satellites

September 8, 2017

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GOES-16 captured this geocolor image of Hurricane Irma passing the eastern end of Cuba at about 8:00 am (eastern) on September 8, 2017.

Prepare now for hurricanes

August 23, 2017

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Flooded roadway as seen from a Texas National Guard Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV). Texas Guardsmen evacuate Texans in need from severe flooding in Fort Bend County, Texas, June 2, 2016.

#Harvey bringing heavy rain to Ohio Valley. Latest updates

August 23, 2017

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Harvey is expected to bring significant rainfall to the Gulf the weekend of August 25, 2017. This is rainfall projections map from NOAA's National Weather Service.

Photo story: Into the heart of a storm

August 17, 2017

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A curtain of rain falls from dark clouds during an evening storm on May 31, 2017, near Ransom, Kansas.

Tornadoes and blizzards: It's spring across the Great Plains

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A sprawling storm system moves across the country on April 30, 2017, as seen in this NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite image.

April 27 Reddit Science AUA: 'Tornado! Talk Severe Weather Research & Prediction With NOAA'

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NOAA scientists (from left) Patrick Marsh, Adam Clark, Kim Klockow and Harold Brooks will take your questions about tornado forecasting and severe weather research during a live chat on Reddit, April 27, 2017.

Research on killer tornadoes in U.S. Southeast enters 2nd year

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Thunderstorms in the Great Plains, such as this supercell that produced a tornado near Burwell, Nebraska, June 16, 2014, are different from storms in the southeastern United States. That's why this spring (2017), NOAA scientists and partners are deploying instruments near Huntsville, Alabama, as part of the VORTEX-SE research project.

Get your snowstorm smarts on: 8 forecast tools to use this winter

December 19, 2018

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You're going to need more than warm outerwear to outsmart winter weather. Try our 8 online tools to use before stepping out.

$6 million in grants speed new research and technologies to improve severe weather forecasts

October 24, 2016

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Storm approaches in the plains.

Storms without names: Weather systems at sea and on the Great Lakes

October 18, 2016

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The M/V Kennicott running with the wind off Cape
Fairweather and north of the Fairweather Grounds between Juneau and Yakutat, Alaska as a weather front comes up against the Fairweather Range. (1999)

Powerful storms bring high wind, heavy rain to Pacific NW through Oct. 18

October 13, 2016

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Storms over the coast of Oregon (undated photo).

Strong wind and rain in the Pacific Northwest — Stay safe!

October 13, 2016

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Damage from strong coastal wind and rain.

Wireless Emergency Alerts FAQ

August 11, 2016

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Wireless Emergency Alerts FAQ

NOAA, FEMA: Be a Force of Nature

February 28, 2014

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Tornadoes pose a significant threat to life and property, but NOAA scientists and forecasters are working hard to keep you and your family safe.

New analyses find evidence of human-caused climate change in half of the 12 extreme weather and climate events analyzed from 2012

September 5, 2013

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NOAA’s National Weather Service completes Doppler radar upgrades

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Prepare for severe weather, urge NOAA and FEMA

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NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory mobile radar tracking a thunderstorm in Nebraska