National Weather Center
The National Weather Center houses a unique confederation of University of Oklahoma, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and state organizations that work together in partnership to improve understanding of events occurring in Earth’s atmosphere over a wide range of time and space scales. Tours of the facility take place by appointment only. Pre-registration for all individuals and groups is required. The public tour is a comprehensive overview of the National Weather Center and the units housed within.
Welcome to the National Weather Center
View our video introduction to the National Weather Center, including our atrium and Science on a Sphere.
OneNet National Weather Center Tour
OneNet plays a significant role in connecting Oklahoma’s research organizations to the globe. The ability to move massive amounts of data quickly and reliably is crucial to the state’s researchers. OneNet’s partnership with the National Weather Center in Norman drives world-class research every day. Recently, Oklahoma legislators had the opportunity to tour OneNet and the National Weather Center. See highlights from the tour and learn more about OneNet’s support of the research community in the video below.
Where weather forecasts come from: Norman, Oklahoma
A visit to the National Weather Building on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman, Oklahoma--from Science on a Sphere to the vehicle bay with specialized weather vehicles and instruments. The building houses the National Forecast Center and National Severe Storms Laboratory. Oklahoma is the state with the most declared weather disasters and you'll see trophies acquired while tracking storms.
National Water Center
The National Weather Service is proud to announce the opening of the new National Water Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Center will be in the forefront of addressing the complicated water resources and water management challenges that we will face as a nation today and into the foreseeable future.
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Man who burned to death in car near National Weather Center identified
The FBI identified the individual who was inside a car that rammed a gate at the National Weather Center and then died in a car fire. Subscribe to KOCO on YouTube now for more:
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We Remember Jon Hansen
Former Oklahoma City Assistant Fire Chief Jon Hansen died this morning after a year-long battle with cancer. Jon was one of the many first responders who ran towards the Federal Building after the bombing on April 19. As the Public Information Officer for the OKCFD, Jon provided not only the facts but also shared the care and concern from people around the world. A true hero … he will be missed by all who knew him
Woman turns Oklahoma weather into art
A woman’s artwork created from Oklahoma weather is being displayed at the National Weather Center in Norman.
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The 2010 Woman of the Year event was held Oct. 8, 2010 at The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Okla. Congratulations to Norman Mayor Cindy Simon Rosenthal for winning 2010 Woman of the Year.
This video features Journal Record Publisher Mary Melon appearing on stage with both gubernatorial candidates, Jari Askins and Mary Fallin.
The 50 Making a Difference publication and the Woman of the Year awards gala (now in its 30th year) are a special tribute to Oklahoma's leading women. It is Oklahoma's largest event honoring women and serves to recognize those who shine as leaders in the community as well as leaders in their chosen fields.
Tornado hits Oklahoma 4_13_2012.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Forecasters are warning of a major tornado outbreak in Kansas and Oklahoma this weekend, and Oklahoma got a first taste of it on Friday as a twister touched down near the National Weather Service office in Norman.
A tornado was seen near the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman just after 4 p.m. local time - the same town that holds the National Storm Prediction Center, according to a Twitter post from Rick Smith, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
The Norman tornado ripped roofs from buildings, downed power lines and uprooted trees across Norman, a town of 110,000 people 20 miles south of Oklahoma City, television images showed. City Hall was among the structures damaged, said Keli Cain, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management
An operator at the University of Oklahoma said people had been warned to get to a basement or low floor.
I was watching this tornado on TV, which was neat until I realized it was right here in Norman, said the operator, who did not give a name.
Atmospheric conditions for the weekend will be similar to those that caused severe storms in parts of the Midwest and Southeast in early March that killed more than 50 people, said Steve Weiss, science support branch chief for the National Storm Prediction Center.
We see potentially some ... very damaging tornadoes, Weiss said.
Oklahoma is already having severe weather Friday, and a twister was also reported in Copperton in the state's southwest corner. Tornado warnings were issued for two counties, Comanche and Kiowa.
But the biggest storms were expected on Saturday, said Weiss, who was watching heavy rain out of his office window in Norman on Friday afternoon. It's not unusual to have successive days, he said.
Conditions favor strong thunderstorms in Kansas and Oklahoma on Saturday, with a few supercell storms with rotating updrafts, Weiss said.
The potential is that some of the supercells could be long-lived, so if they produce tornadoes they could be on the ground for a while, he said.
STORMS MAY CONTINUE SATURDAY AFTER DARK
Forecasters said the storms could start in earnest Saturday afternoon into the early evening and continue after dark, and Oklahoma activated its emergency operations center in anticipation of the storms.
The really dangerous part is that it looks like it's going to be overnight, said Kurt Van Speybroeck, emergency response meteorologist for the National Weather Service. It's a really bad combination to get tornadoes at night because they're harder to see. It could be a really bad evening.
Storms could strike heavily populated areas such as Oklahoma City, and Wichita and Topeka, Kansas, Weiss said.
The high-risk area is from about the I-40 highway in Oklahoma City going north along I-35 to I-70 in central Kansas, said Van Speybroeck.
Northwest Texas into Nebraska and parts of Iowa and Missouri are also at risk for thunderstorms and tornadoes this weekend. Southwest Wisconsin has a slight risk of tornadoes for Saturday into Sunday, with a chance for thunderstorms, hail and tornadoes for the whole state Sunday, Van Speybroeck said.
The storm warnings have led to the rescheduling of the Rotary Club Beer Sprocket fundraiser Saturday in Choctaw, near Oklahoma City. The outdoor event attracts about 600 people.
The last thing I want to do is put the revelers for this event in harm's way, as well as the staffers and vendors, organizer Mike Turek said.
Van Speybroeck said the large number of tornadoes was linked to warm, moist air off the Gulf of Mexico, which brings energy for severe storms.
When the cooler air starts to move out of the west and across the region that causes an increase in instability, he said. It has been a pretty vigorous spring.
He predicted a gradual slowdown in these storm systems as summer approaches.
The U.S. tornado season started early this year. Tornadoes have been blamed for 57 deaths so far in 2012 in the Midwest and South, raising concerns that this year would be a repeat of 2011, the deadliest tornado year in nearly a century.
In 2011 there were 550 tornado deaths, including 316 people on April 27 in five Southern states, and 161 people in Joplin, Missouri, on May 22.
Insurers have already lost as much as $2.5 billion during the 2012 tornado season, mostly from a record March 2 outbreak. That follows record-breaking losses of $26 billion during the 2011 tornado season.
GREG CARBIN - National Severe Weather Workshop 2012 - TWC Interview 3.2.12
GREG CARBIN is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma. Since 1996, Greg has performed as a severe weather outlook forecaster, fire weather forecaster, mesoscale meteorologist and lead forecaster at the SPC. Prior to starting his career with the National Weather Service (NWS) in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1993, Greg worked in the private sector in New York and Vermont. He earned a B.S. degree in Meteorology from Lyndon State College in 1985 and has completed some graduate course work at the University of Oklahoma while an employee of the NWS. (Source
NACTA-SERD Conference, Stillwater, Oklahoma, June 2009
The 2009 conference of NACTA-SERD was held in Stillwater, Oklahoma with tours in Oklahoma City. This video focuses on the tours of (1) The Oklahoma Mesonet and National Weather Center; (2) The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, (3) The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and (4) the obligatory stop at Eskimo Joe's! (I think a visit to Eskimo Joe's is the law in Stillwater, OK.) We were also able to visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial on our own. The bluegrass music for our banquet was performed by Byron Berline (and friends), the same artist used for the soundtrack.
Great trip!
By the way, NACTA stands for the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture and SERD stands for Science and Education Resources Development, a division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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What We Left Behind - This is Only a Test 500 - 5/16/19
It's our 500th episode! Special celebrations will have to wait due to scheduling conflicts, but the gang gathers to talk about Deep Space Nine, the making of Game of Thrones, Android Q, and Lenovo's folding computer. Plus, a moment of science and the VR minute!
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“On Monuments: Place, Time, and Memory”
This event is co-organized by the Harvard University Committee on the Arts, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and the Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Opening Remarks by:
Drew Faust
President of Harvard University
Lincoln Professor of History
Introduction by:
Mohsen Mostafavi
Dean and Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design
Presentations by:
Robin Kelsey, “Camera Angle: Revisiting Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans”
Dean of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Shirley Carter Burden Professor of Photography, Harvard University
Sarah Lewis, “The Future Perfect: Race and Monuments in the United States”
Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Jennifer Roberts, “Trying to Remember”
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Professor of the Humanities , Harvard University
Krzysztof Wodiczko, “Let the Monument Speak”
Professor in Residence, Art, Design & the Public Domain, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Following their presentations, participants will engage in a panel discussion and will be joined by:
Homi K. Bhabha
Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities in the Department of English, the Director of the Humanities Center and the Senior Advisor on the Humanities to the President and Provost at Harvard University
Erika Naginski
Professor of Architectural History and Director of Doctoral Programs, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Tsunami alert after 7.9 earthquake off southern Alaska
A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Alaska's Kodiak Island early Tuesday, prompting a tsunami warning for a large swath of the state's coast and sending some residents fleeing to higher ground.
Officials at the National Tsunami Center canceled the warning after a few tense hours after waves failed to show up in coastal Alaska communities.
Alaska's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management said there have been no reports of damage, so far.
The strong earthquake hit at 12:30am and was recorded about 170 miles southeast of Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. Kodiak Island is located about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, which was not under a tsunami threat.
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Initially, the USGS said the earthquake was a magnitude 8.2. That prompted the tsunami warning for coastal Alaska and Canada's British Columbia, while the remainder of the U.S. West Coast was under a watch.
An advisory remained in effect for a small part of the state. Watches were canceled for Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii. Officials in Japan also said there was no tsunami threat there.
Warnings from the National Weather Service sent to cellphones in Alaska warned: 'Emergency Alert. Tsunami danger on the coast. Go to high ground or move inland.'
Kodiak officials warned residents to evacuate if they lived in low-lying areas. Residents scrambled to safety, and some sought refuge in schools that were transformed into shelters.
The city of Kodiak was projected to see the first wave about an hour after the quake, but 90 minutes after the quake, there was no report of any waves.
Lt. Tim Putney of the Kodiak Police Department said: 'We haven't seen anything yet or had any reports of a wave.'
However, officials told people to hold fast at evacuation centers until further notice. He said the town has several shelters above the 100-foot mark, and they were still encouraging people below that level to evacuate.
The earthquake woke Putney out of a dead sleep, and he estimates it shook for at least 30 seconds.
'I've been Kodiak for 19 years that was the strongest, longest lasting one I've ever felt,' he said by telephone.
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker said on his Twitter feed that he has been in contact with local officials and the state's adjutant general, and he urged residents to heed any warnings to move inland or to higher ground.
The Alaska Earthquake Information Center said the quake was felt widely in several communities on the Kenai Peninsula and throughout southern Alaska, but it also had no immediate reports of damage. People reported on social media that the quake was felt hundreds of miles away, in Anchorage.
Kerry Seifert, an emergency management specialist in the state emergency operations center, said no reports of damage had been received as the timeline for initial waves reaching some communities passed.
'This is almost too soon to be into it to get that kind of information,' he said.
Larry LeDoux, superintendent of the Kodiak Island Borough School District, said schools were open as shelters and estimated there were about 500 people at the high school.
He described the atmosphere inside as calm, with people waiting for any updates.
He said sirens go off in the community every week, as a test to make sure they are working. He said the sirens were sounded for the early Tuesday tsunami warning.
Keith Perkins, who lives in the southeast Alaska community of Sitka, arrived at the high school early Tuesday morning, after an alarm on his cellphone alerted him of the tsunami warning. He says the city's sirens also went off later.
He said people on Facebook were chattering back and forth about whether this was real or not and what they should do.
Given the magnitude of the earthquake, Perkins said he thought it best to head to school, the tsunami evacuation point, even though in the past he felt his home was at a 'high-enough spot.'
'I figured I'd probably just better play it safe,' he said.
He said police officers were directing traffic and the parking lot at the school was filling up. He said he saw some people carrying suitcases or backpacks. Perkins said he didn't bring anything along.
USA: OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING: FBI INTERVIEW OWNER OF FERTILISER STORE
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In the continuing search for evidence FBI officials have turned to the company that may have sold the fertiliser that was used to make the bomb.
As the drama continues in downtown Oklahoma City, the FBI has interviewed the owner and employees of this Oklahoma fertiliser store.
Authorities have not yet confirmed that fertiliser was used in the bomb - but they are pursuing any leads they have.
Investigators believe two men answering the description of the suspected bombers bought a large load of fertilisers here last weekend.
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Oklahoma City City Council - Special MAPS 4 meetings - meeting 3 of 4
Tuesday, July 31, 2019. The third of four special meetings of the Oklahoma City City Council to discuss potential MAPS 4 Projects.
This meeting's presentations:
03:20 - Transit
02:24:35 - Homelessness
04:14:07 - Chesapeake Arena and NBA enhancements
06:05:30 - Diversion Hub