NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory

🧊Incredible falling hail stone captured by the new NSSL Hail Camera system! Have you ever captured hail on camera? Comment your best hail pics/clips below! Then 🎥 watch how we're revolutionizing hail forecasts, one falling stone at a time: 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=kFOhAT…

A new tool is helping us better understand how hail forms and falls 🧊☁️ — aiming for improved forecasts to protect people, homes, and property 🏠⚠️ 🎥 Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=kFOhAT… PS:👀 with an assist from 🥎@OU_Softball + ⚾@OU_Baseball! @NOAA @NOAAResearch

🎉 NOAA’s Warn-on-Forecast System (WoFS) has earned the 2025 OAR Outstanding Scientific Paper Award! 🏆🔬 This groundbreaking tool can help forecasters provide tornado lead times as long as 2 hours ⏱️🌪️🌊⚡ 👉 : inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnews/2025/…

🌪️ Incredible EF‑3 Tornado Data Captured 🌪️ ICYMI: On May 18, 2025 a tornado touched down near the town of Arnett, Oklahoma. Our researchers were in place to intercept the storm and capture stunning data of the EF3-rated tornado from beginning to end. 🌪️🔬

🌪️Rare start to finish EF‑3 Tornado Data Captured 🌪️ On 5/18/25 a tornado touched down near Arnett, Oklahoma. Our researchers were in place to intercept the storm and capture stunning data of the EF3-rated tornado from beginning to end. 🌪️🔬 FULL STORY: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/.../nssl-captu…

Congrats to the 2025 NBA Champion @okcthunder! Here at NSSL headquarters in Norman, OK we have a lot of folks passionate about both thunderSTORMS... and THE Thunder! Have an awesome + safe parade day! Huge shout out to the @Pacers on an unforgettable series & a historic season!

🌪️The Spring Forecast Experiment is in the books. Take a look back by the numbers! ✅ New tools tested. ✅ Ideas sparked ✅ Collaboration fueling the future. ✅ All aimed at improving forecasts, accelerating warnings and protecting communities. 🎥: youtube.com/watch?v=47HDk2…

⛈️ LIFT lately ⛈️ The latest 📷from the Low-Level Internal Flows in Tornadoes (LIFT) experiment. 🌪️LIFT gathers data on tornado flows in level of the atmosphere where they impact humans; the lowest 50-100'. #VORTEXUSA @CIWRO_ @TexasTech 🔗: nssl.noaa.gov/projects/vorte…

Adam is back 🌿In The Weeds🌿 again! 🌪️Ep 2: Adam breaks down how well experimental weather models predicted the storms of 5/16 ✅ Which models nailed it? ❌Which ones missed the mark? Adam explains what it means for the future of forecasting 📺: youtube.com/watch?v=DCQBgU…

Phased array radar 📡 🛜 🟰 faster, smarter updates for forecasters.

📡 ICYMI

🌪️How do severe weather forecasts & models improve?🔬 @NOAA's Spring Forecast Experiment puts the latest innovations to the test inside the Hazardous Weather Testbed. Watch to learn how we're creating and testing the models of tomorrow: 🎥 youtu.be/47HDk2BQMjU @NOAAResearch

🚨 Forecasters LOVE faster radar updates from Phased Array Radar! Inside @NOAA's Hazardous Weather Testbed, we’re testing dual-pol PAR data to see how quick scans & better detail help improve warnings. ⚡ Fast updates = smarter alerts! @NOAAResearch

Phased array radar 📡 ➕ adaptive scanning 🛜 🟰 faster, smarter storm tracking. Phased array radar can use adaptive scanning to focus on the part of the atmosphere where storms are happening 🌪️. Faster updates + more info to keep you safe! @NOAA @NOAAResearch @CIWRO_

The Spring Forecasting Experiment is officially underway at the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed! 🌪️ Each spring, top minds in research & forecasting gather to test next generation severe #weather forecasting tools. Better warnings 🤝 safer communities hwt.nssl.noaa.gov

🌪️ The PERiLS project studied how tornadoes form in squall lines in the Southeast U.S. 🌪️ A new paper highlighted by @ametsoc has the details 📝: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnews/2025/…

🛻⏩🌪️=📊

ICYMI: 🌸🌪️🔬

The Spring Forecasting Experiment is officially underway! 🌪️ Each spring, top minds in research and forecasting gather to test the next generation of weather forecasting tools. Better warnings = safer communities. @NOAA @NWSNorman @NWSSPC @NWS

Check out this incredible tornado and severe storm science from @noaagsl! @NOAAResearch