The National Weather Center (NWC), on the campus of the

University of Oklahoma , mottoeng = "For the benefit of the Citizen and the State" , type = Public research university , established = , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.7billion (2021) , pr ...

, is a confederation of federal, state, and academic organizations that work together to better understand events that take place in

Earth's atmosphere The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing fo ...

over a wide range of time and space scales. The NWC partners give equal attention to applying that understanding to the development of improved observation, analysis, assimilation, display, and prediction systems. The National Weather Center also has expertise in local and regional

climate Climate is the long-term weather pattern in an area, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorologi ...

, numerical modeling,

hydrology Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and environmental watershed sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is call ...

, and

weather radar Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.). Modern weather radars are mostly pulse- ...

. Members of the NWC work with a wide range of federal, state, and local government agencies to help reduce loss of life and property to hazardous weather, ensure wise use of water resources, and enhance agricultural production. They also work with private sector partners to develop new applications of weather and regional climate information that provide competitive advantage in the marketplace.

National Weather Center Partners

The National Weather Center building houses many organizations from the

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA ) is an United States scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditio ...

and the

and several other organizations outside the NOAA or OU. *

(NOAA) :*

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) is a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). OAR is also referred to as NOAA Research. NOAA Research is the research and development arm of NOAA and is the driving force beh ...

(OAR) ::*

National Severe Storms Laboratory The National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather research laboratory under the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. It is one of seven NOAA Research Laboratories (RLs). NSSL ...

(NSSL) :*

National Weather Service The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the ...

(NWS) ::* Norman Weather Forecast Office (OUN WFO) ::*

Storm Prediction Center 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), which in turn is part of the National Oceani ...

(SPC) ::*

Radar Operations Center The Radar Operations Center (ROC) is a National Weather Service (NWS) unit that coordinates the development, maintenance, and training for the NEXRAD weather radar network. It is located at the National Weather Center (NWC) in Norman, Oklahoma and ...

(ROC) ::* Warning Decision Training Division (WDTD) :*

National Centers for Environmental Prediction The United States National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) delivers national and global weather, water, climate and space weather guidance, forecasts, warnings and analyses to its Partners and External User Communities. These prod ...

(NCEP) ::*

(SPC) *

(OU) :* College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences (A&GS) ::* School of Meteorology (SoM) :::* Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC) :::*

Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms The Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS) was established at the University of Oklahoma in 1989 as one of the first eleven National Science Foundation Science and Technology Centers. Located at the National Weather Center in Norman, ...

(CAPS) :::* Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) ::* Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability (GEOG) :::* Environmental Verification and Analysis Center/Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative (EVAC/OWPI) :* College of Engineering (CoE) ::* School of Computer Science (CS) ::* School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) :* Information Technology ::* Integrated Robust Assured Data Services (IRADS) *

State of Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New M ...

:* Oklahoma Climatological Survey (OCS) :*

Oklahoma Mesonet The Oklahoma Mesonet is a network of environmental monitoring stations designed to measure the environment at the size and duration of mesoscale weather events. The phrase "mesonet" is a portmanteau of the words mesoscale and network. In meteorol ...

:* Oklahoma Water Survey (OKWS) * Other (public and private) :* Office of Weather Programs and Projects (OWPP) :* Oklahoma NASA Space Grant Consortium (OSGC) :* Sasaki Applied Meteorology Research Institute :* South Central Climate Science Center (SCCSC) :*

United States Department of the Interior The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government headquartered at the Main Interior Building, located at 1849 C Street NW in Washington, D.C. It is responsible for the ma ...

Climate Science Centers (South Central Region)

2015 security incident

On the afternoon of April 23, 2015, a car rammed through the gates that protect the loading dock on the building's east side. It drove toward the building before it burst into flames approximately halfway between the gates and the building. Firefighters and a bomb squad were called to the scene. Responders extinguished the fire with no damage done to the building. Despite a rescue attempt, the driver, Allen Rouse, was found dead on the scene. Rouse, suffering from schizophrenia and paranoia, had killed himself.

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National Weather Center

Advanced Radar Research Center

Center for Spatial Analysis

OU College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences
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OU School of Meteorology
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Oklahoma Weather Lab (OWL) Weather Products

Oklahoma Weather Lab (OWL) Forecast Products
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OU Department of Geography

Oklahoma Mesonet

Environmental Verification and Analysis Center

Natural Hazards and Disaster Research

Integrated Radar Data Services

Oklahoma City/Norman National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Oklahoma Climatological Survey

OU Supercomputing Center for Education & Research

Radar Operations Center

Warning Decision Training Branch

Sasaki Institute
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