NSSL/SPC/NWS- Norman, OK

Storm Prediction Center / National Severe Storms Laboratory
Norman, OK

Outside the NSSL/SPC and NWS of Norman, OK

Currently not in use, this was the first weather radar.	This is the NWS of Norman, OK Doppler Radar tower that is currently in use across the nation at other NWS offices.
This is the newest weather radar technology being tested by the NSSL called Phased Array Radar.	Here you can see the organizations affiliated with the new Phased Array radar. It will probably be several years before this radar system is used nationwide.

Inside the SPC/NSSL

The sign-in desk.	Gregg Grosshans (right side) begins the tour.

The entire nation is watched for severe weather risks from this one room in the pictures above.

These are drawings of the new National Weather Center that is being built at another location in Norman, OK.

This is a model of the new Phased Array Radar showing the absence of the traditional radar dish.