National Weather Center Open House:
The 244,000-square-foot National Weather Center – a unique partnership of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and University of Oklahoma's Norman-based weather research and operations programs – was dedicated Sept. 29, 2006.
The National Weather Center is administered by the OU College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences and houses the university's School of Meteorology, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, Center for Spatial Analysis, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, and Center for Natural Hazards and Disaster Research.
NOAA organizations located in the building are the National Severe Storms Laboratory, National Weather Service Norman Forecast Office, Storm Prediction Center, Warning Decision Training Branch and NEXRAD Radar Operations Center's Applications Branch. Visitors will be able to view the National Weather Service Norman Forecast Office and Storm Prediction Center operations areas.
For more information call (405) 325-6907 or (405) 321-7260