🌪️How do severe weather forecasts & models improve?🔬 NOAA's Spring Forecast Experiment puts the latest innovations to the test inside the Hazardous Weather Testbed. Watch to learn how we're creating and testing the models of tomorrow: 🎥 youtu.be/47HDk2BQMjU NOAA Research

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Adam is back 🌿In The Weeds🌿 again! 🌪️Ep 2: Adam breaks down how well experimental weather models predicted the storms of 5/16 ✅ Which models nailed it? ❌Which ones missed the mark? Adam explains what it means for the future of forecasting 📺: youtube.com/watch?v=DCQBgU…

⛈️ LIFT lately ⛈️ The latest 📷from the Low-Level Internal Flows in Tornadoes (LIFT) experiment. 🌪️LIFT gathers data on tornado flows in level of the atmosphere where they impact humans; the lowest 50-100'. #VORTEXUSA CIWRO Texas Tech University 🔗: nssl.noaa.gov/projects/vorte…

A new tool is helping us better understand how hail forms and falls 🧊☁️ — aiming for improved forecasts to protect people, homes, and property 🏠⚠️ 🎥 Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=kFOhAT… PS:👀 with an assist from 🥎Oklahoma Softball + ⚾Oklahoma Baseball! NOAA NOAA Research

🧊Incredible falling hail stone captured by the new NSSL Hail Camera system! Have you ever captured hail on camera? Comment your best hail pics/clips below! Then 🎥 watch how we're revolutionizing hail forecasts, one falling stone at a time: 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=kFOhAT…

🌪️The Spring Forecast Experiment is in the books. Take a look back by the numbers! ✅ New tools tested. ✅ Ideas sparked ✅ Collaboration fueling the future. ✅ All aimed at improving forecasts, accelerating warnings and protecting communities. 🎥: youtube.com/watch?v=47HDk2…

Congrats to the 2025 NBA Champion OKC THUNDER! Here at NSSL headquarters in Norman, OK we have a lot of folks passionate about both thunderSTORMS... and THE Thunder! Have an awesome + safe parade day! Huge shout out to the Indiana Pacers on an unforgettable series & a historic season!

🌪️Rare start to finish EF‑3 Tornado Data Captured 🌪️ On 5/18/25 a tornado touched down near Arnett, Oklahoma. Our researchers were in place to intercept the storm and capture stunning data of the EF3-rated tornado from beginning to end. 🌪️🔬 FULL STORY: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/.../nssl-captu…

🌪️ Incredible EF‑3 Tornado Data Captured 🌪️ ICYMI: On May 18, 2025 a tornado touched down near the town of Arnett, Oklahoma. Our researchers were in place to intercept the storm and capture stunning data of the EF3-rated tornado from beginning to end. 🌪️🔬

🎉 NOAA’s Warn-on-Forecast System (WoFS) has earned the 2025 OAR Outstanding Scientific Paper Award! 🏆🔬 This groundbreaking tool can help forecasters provide tornado lead times as long as 2 hours ⏱️🌪️🌊⚡ 👉 : inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnews/2025/…

🚨 Downbursts Decoded? We're testing a new radar technique to give forecasters earlier warning of damaging winds from downbursts 🌩️💨 A new radar algorithm = better storm triage ⚡ LEARN MORE 🎥🔗: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnews/2025/…

ICYMI: 💡A new radar-based technique could help forecasters “triage” storms and zero in on those most likely to produce downbursts. 🌩️💨 LEARN MORE 🔗: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/.../radar-clue…

🌪️Tell us YOUR Tornado Tale🌪️ Tornado Tales lets real people share their storm experiences, helping researchers learn how people make decisions when weather threatens. YOUR voice helps us make warnings better + more effective. Share YOUR Tornado Tale 📲 inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnews/2025/…

🌪️✨ Internship Spotlight! ✨🌪️ Groundbreaking research, hands-on fieldwork, and real-world problem solving. ⚡🌧️📡 These future leaders made a BIG impact in just a few months. 🌎💡 WATCH 🎥to see their journey & celebrate the next gen of innovators pushing science forward! 🚀

🌪️⚡🤖 What if AI could help us make faster, more accurate warnings for tornadoes and severe weather? WoFSCast is just one way NSSL is putting AI to work building the future weather tools forecasters will use to keep YOU safe when storms strike. MORE: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnews/2025/…

🌪️⚡🤖 Faster, more accurate warnings for tornadoes and severe weather? ICYMI: ✅ NSSL is putting AI to work building the future weather tools forecasters will use to keep YOU safe when storms strike. 💙 🎥👉 2-Hour Tornado Lead Time: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/.../the-tornad…

🌪️ Can severe weather be predicted weeks in advance? 🌩️ NSSL scientists are testing the limits with SWERVE, a new experiment exploring extended-range forecasting. READ MORE 🔗 ➡️ inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnews/2025/…

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