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Topic: Tornadoes

A powerful tornado near Waverly Road in the Lincoln, Nebraska, metro area on April 26, 2024. NOAA's National Weather Service in Omaha, Nebraska, issued 48 tornado warnings that day—the most the office has ever issued in a single day.

U.S. struck with more than 100 tornadoes, heavy snow in April

May 8, 2024

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A powerful tornado near Waverly Road in the Lincoln, Nebraska, metro area on April 26, 2024. NOAA's National Weather Service in Omaha, Nebraska, issued 48 tornado warnings that day—the most the office has ever issued in a single day.

Photos of the front of the Owlie Skywarn card, showing Owlie the owl with his wings around three children with the words, "SKYWARN Tips for TORNADO SAFETY."

Friday Find: Owlie Skywarn cards

April 12, 2024

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Photos of the front of the Owlie Skywarn card, showing Owlie the owl with his wings around three children with the words, "SKYWARN Tips for TORNADO SAFETY."

April 3, 1974: A School bus is tossed into a private garage in Brandenburg, Kentucky, during the 1974 tornado Super Outbreak.

50 years later: Remembering the 1974 tornado Super Outbreak

April 3, 2024

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April 3, 1974: A School bus is tossed into a private garage in Brandenburg, Kentucky, during the 1974 tornado Super Outbreak.

A black and white photo of a tornado with multiple vortices, one in the center, which reaches to the ground and a smaller one on either side which do not reach the ground.

Here's one of the first photos of a tornado ever

April 8, 2024

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A black and white photo of a tornado with multiple vortices, one in the center, which reaches to the ground and a smaller one on either side which do not reach the ground.

NOAA'S National Severe Storms Laboratory uses mobile radars to study tornadoes, hurricanes, dust storms, winter storms, mountain rainfall, and even swarms of bats. NOXP (seen above) is a mobile Doppler radar that also has dual-polarization capabilities. This information helps enhance forecasts of precipitation amounts and can be used to improve computer predictions of thunderstorms.

In the field: What's it like to be a tornado researcher at NOAA?

January 31, 2024

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NOAA'S National Severe Storms Laboratory uses mobile radars to study tornadoes, hurricanes, dust storms, winter storms, mountain rainfall, and even swarms of bats. NOXP (seen above) is a mobile Doppler radar that also has dual-polarization capabilities. This information helps enhance forecasts of precipitation amounts and can be used to improve computer predictions of thunderstorms.

Black and white photo of the May 24, 1973, Union City tornado, with the words, "Union City May 24, 1973," superimposed over the image.

TORNADO INTERCEPT: The Union City Twister and the Birth of Doppler Radar

May 22, 2023

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Black and white photo of the May 24, 1973, Union City tornado, with the words, "Union City May 24, 1973," superimposed over the image.

Image showing a car in floodwaters with the words "You don't know how deep the water is. Turn around, don't drown."

Are you #WeatherReady for summer?

June 1, 2023

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Image showing a car in floodwaters with the words "You don't know how deep the water is. Turn around, don't drown."

One of the many evacuated classrooms in Crosspoint Daycare during January 2023 tornado in Selma, Alabama.

Knowing your 'safe place': Daycare follows tornado safety plan, saves lives

April 25, 2023

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One of the many evacuated classrooms in Crosspoint Daycare during January 2023 tornado in Selma, Alabama.

Cars in floodwaters on January 11, 2023, in Planada, California, after the town was devastated by widespread flooding following a severe atmospheric river event. A series of nine atmospheric rivers dumped a record amount of rain and mountain snow across parts of the western U.S. from late December into mid-January, hitting California particularly hard.

January 2023 was nation’s 6th warmest on record

February 8, 2023

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Cars in floodwaters on January 11, 2023, in Planada, California, after the town was devastated by widespread flooding following a severe atmospheric river event. A series of nine atmospheric rivers dumped a record amount of rain and mountain snow across parts of the western U.S. from late December into mid-January, hitting California particularly hard.

Photo showing researchers preparing to launch an experimental weather balloon on April 5, 2022, near a storm in Greenville, Alabama.

Severe storm research campaign kicks off second year of data gathering

February 8, 2023

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Photo showing researchers preparing to launch an experimental weather balloon on April 5, 2022, near a storm in Greenville, Alabama.

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