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A weather research lab in Norman is in the crosshairs of cuts at the federal level. For decades, it has developed forecasting ...
The Trump administration's budget plan for 2026 would eliminate the lab that developed a key flash flooding tool.
In Norman, scientists are working to significantly speed up tornado warnings while finding new paths to understanding deadly ...
Most U.S. weather data is still housed at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, but it also faces a proposed 26% budget cut. Funding toward the eventual replacement of NOAA's aging ...
Phased array radar has been used for weather surveillance and research for the past 20 years. Wes Moody, Communications Specialist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, says that the lab is ...
About 1,200 tornadoes hit the U.S. each year, the National Severe Storms Laboratory said. Tornadoes are rated from EF-0 (light damage) to EF-5 (incredible damage) based on a list of damage indicators.
There's a new face leading NOAA's 'National Severe Storms Laboratory' in Norman. Dr. Dana Carlis is the first African American to serve as a lab director and is a Tulsa native. He joined News On 6 ...
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The National Severe Storms Laboratory, or NSSL, turns 60 years old this year. The NSSL is a federal research laboratory that is under NOAA (National Oceanic and ...