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Using lightning to monitor the extreme impacts of landfalling hurricanes

Posted in Collaboration, Forecast Research News, Lightning, News, People News on April 28, 2025 by Wes Moody.
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A new paper on data collection during Hurricane Ian discusses the deployment of and data collected by a suite of instruments during the landfall of the Category 5 hurricane in Florida in 2022.

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Dr. Pam Heinselman named NSSL Deputy Director for Science

Posted in News, People News on January 10, 2025 by Wes Moody.

The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory has named Dr. Pam Heinselman as its new Deputy Director for Science. She will start her new role on Jan 12, 2025.  Dr. Heinselman, who currently serves as the…

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Dr. Pam Heinselman honored as AMS Fellow.

Posted in News, People News on August 28, 2024 by Wes Moody.

The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory is proud to announce the American Meteorological Society has named Dr. Pam Heinselman a Fellow, recognizing her outstanding contributions to the atmospheric sciences during a substantial period of years.…

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NSSL’s Forecast Research and Development Division earns Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award

Posted in News, People News, Warning Research News on February 8, 2024 by Wes Moody.

The United States Department of Commerce announced on Tuesday that the Forecast Research and Development Division at NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) is a recipient of its highest award, a Gold Medal. 

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DaNa Carlis named director of NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory

Posted in News, People News on January 11, 2023 by Keli Pirtle.
DaNa Carlis

DaNa L. Carlis, Ph.D., a research meteorologist and experienced scientific leader, has been named the director of NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, Oklahoma. He will join the world’s preeminent research institution for…

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Webinar highlights spring research activities at NSSL

Posted in News, People News, Talks and Articles on March 31, 2022 by Keli Pirtle.
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It’s severe weather season and researchers at the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory are busy taking instruments to the storms, collecting experimental radar data, and collaborating with partners in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed to…

Tags: ATD, FACETs, Featured, HWT, PERiLS, Spring Experiment, TORUS, warn-on-forecast

Making connections between weather and UAS

Posted in News, People News on October 15, 2021 by Emily Jeffries.

Tony Segalés Espinosa says his love of small-scale aircraft began as a kid, flying model aircraft with his dad. Today, that love transfers into engineering drones for severe weather research.

Tags: Featured, Hispanic Heritage Month, UAS

Translations and beyond

Posted in News, Outreach News, People News on October 12, 2021 by Emily Jeffries.

Based on research with SPC forecasters and research with language experts, a researcher recommended a new SPC risk communication scale model in order to improve weather outreach to Spanish-speaking communities.

Tags: Featured, Hispanic Heritage Month, severe weather, Severe weather communication

WoFS at the AMS, and the 2020 Iowa Derecho

Posted in Guest Contributor, People News on February 19, 2021 by Patrick Burke.

The Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society is the largest recurring conference in our field. In January 2021, the 101st AMS took place virtually, but that didn’t stop the experimental Warn-on-Forecast System from taking center stage.

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Creator of instrumental radar techniques passes away

Posted in News, People News on June 11, 2020 by Emily Jeffries.
WSR-57 radar

A member of the meteorology community, Leslie “Les” Lemon, passed away in late May. Lemon was an eminent radar meteorologist during his career and saw it as his mission to aid forecasters.

Tags: Featured, in memoriam

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