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The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) is a US government agency that is part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), operating under the control of the National Weather Service (NWS), [1] which in turn is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States Department of Commerce (DoC).
A deliberate decision to collocate research with operations led the National Severe Storms Forecast Center to move from Kansas City to Norman in 1997, changing its name to the Storm Prediction Center. [3] This move would allow for improved collaborations between NSSL and SPC.
Allen Pearson (July 25, 1925–August 11, 2016) was the Director of the National Severe Storms Forecast Center from 1965 to 1979 and began to collaborate with Tetsuya Theodore "Ted" Fujita on tornado physical characteristics soon after the 1970 Lubbock Tornado.
A high risk severe weather event is the greatest threat level issued by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) for convective weather events in the United States. On the scale from one to five, a high risk is a level five; thus, high risks are issued only when forecasters at the SPC are confident of a major severe weather outbreak.
A tornado watch was issued for western and central Louisiana and far southeastern Texas until 2 a.m. Central Time, according to the Storm Prediction Center.
Warn-on-Forecast (WoF or WoFS) is an ongoing research project being conducted by the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), a branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, designed to increase the lead time for tornado warnings, severe thunderstorm warnings, and flash flood warnings. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Severe thunderstorms, including destructive tornadoes, raked through the South in the days between Christmas and New Year's 2024, from Texas to South Carolina. A potent low pressure system and an ...
John E. "Jack" Hales Jr. was an American meteorologist specializing in severe convective storms and tornadoes. Hales spent most of his nearly 50-year National Weather Service (NWS) career as a national lead severe storms forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, OK, formerly known as the National Severe Storms Forecast Center. [2]