In Norman, scientists are working to significantly speed up tornado warnings while finding new paths to understanding deadly ...

A budget released this week from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a storied Norman weather laboratory is slated to be defunded and closed. For its budget estimates for Fiscal ...

A weather research lab in Norman is in the crosshairs of cuts at the federal level. For decades, it has developed forecasting ...

The decades-old organizations would be effectively discontinued, while a fraction of funding would move to a separate office.

As searchers continue to look for victims in the deadly flash flooding in Texas, officials are answering questions about the ...

The unrelenting assault by the government on the storm monitoring and forecasting apparatus is too alarming to ignore.” ...

Hail that’s 1 inch across or larger and winds stronger than 50 mph are considered severe weather, according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory, which is part of the same federal agency as ...

The NOAA official defended the National Weather Service forecasts, and said the disaster ultimately resulted from too much rain in too short of time in one of the most vulnerable spots in the country ...

According to the National Severe Storm Laboratory, part of NOAA there are a variety of types of damaging winds formed by different thunderstorms that can produce straight-line winds.

NOAA National Severe Storm Laboratory scientist Sean Waugh prepares the cage on the front of the NOAA observing truck to collect hail that is being studied to improve hail forecasts. Credit: NOAA/NSSL ...

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