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Lockheed Martin Successfully Launches 6th Modernized GPS Satellite - Courtesy of Microwave Journal: A US Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II launch vehicle. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 5/14/2008

Wind energy growing as a power source - Courtesy of DailyIllini.com: Wind power is one of many options when it comes to finding alternative sources of energy. Some people are now able to power their homes through residential wind turbines, which not only save electricity costs but can also benefit the environment. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 5/14/2008

OU to Receive Radar - Courtesy of the Oklahoman: NORMAN — A new weather radar — the first of its kind in the United States — is being constructed and located at the University of Oklahoma. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 5/13/2008

WDT Has a Hand in the Android Developer Challenge - Courtesy of PR Web: Pinpoint forecasts and location-based severe weather feeds will soon be accessed directly from your mobile phone due to the work of two innovative Android Developer Challenge partners, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc. (WDT) and Weathertop Consulting, LLC. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 5/13/2008

We're Ready...StormReady - Courtesy of Times Record News: The birds sang along with the Hirschi High School choir at an outdoor celebration Friday that proclaimed Wichita Falls Independent School District as the first school district in the nation to be StormReady, according to the National Weather Service. [Link] [PDF] Posted: 5/12/2008

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NOAA National Weather Service Norman Forecast Office

Forecasters at the National Weather Service Forecast Office (WFO) in Norman, Oklahoma prepare and disseminate life-saving warnings, watches and advisories for all types of hazardous weather conditions for more than two million citizens across 56 counties in central, western and southern Oklahoma and western north Texas.

The Norman WFO is responsible for issuing a variety of warnings for the protection of life and property, ranging from tornado and severe thunderstorms, to ice storms and blizzards, to high wind, flash flood and extreme heat/cold.

A team of forecasters also produces a wide variety of forecasts, including aviation and fire weather forecasts, and collects and disseminates climatological and hydrologic data and observations.

The office works closely with other agencies, first responders and the media to ensure critical weather information is available when and where it is needed. This means around the clock, every day of the year.

On average, about 50 tornadoes occur in the Norman WFO’s county warning area each year. Historically, a violent (F4-F5) tornado occurs in the area about every three years, the highest average of anywhere in the United States.

The office was established in Oklahoma City in 1890 and moved to Norman in 1987. It is part of the Southern Region of the National Weather Service and is one of 122 local forecast offices serving the nation.

“The Norman Forecast Office is the primary federal agency charged with providing life-saving warnings and forecasts for your community in times of emergency. We are trained to handle severe weather specific to where you live.” - Mike Foster, Meteorologist-in-Charge

 

National Weather Center
120 David L. Boren Blvd.
Suite 2400
Norman, OK  73072

Phone:  405.325.3404
Fax:  405.325.0901

http://www.weather.gov/norman

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