The NOAA Weather Partners, located in Norman, Oklahoma, are five federal government organizations involved in severe weather research, forecasting and support. They are: National Severe Storms Laboratory, National Weather Service Forecast Office, NEXRAD Radar Operations Center, Storm Prediction Center and Warning Decision Training Branch. Collocation in Norman invigorates collaborations that lead to a rapid transfer of knowledge from research into technology, training and improved forecasts and warnings nationwide.

View NOAA/Norman's "Postcard from the Field"
celebrating NOAA's 200th Anniversary

National Weather Festival
October 20, Norman, OK

The Norman Chamber of Commerce’s Weather Committee hosted the 3rd Annual National Weather Festival on Saturday, Oct. 20, at the National Weather Center, 120 David L. Boren Blvd., in Norman. The free public event featured tours, children’s activities, a storm chaser car show, displays by local businesses, weather-related seminars, Science on a Sphere, and hourly weather balloon launches. More information is available at www.norman.noaa.gov/nwf07 or by calling (405) 325-6907 or (405) 321-7260.

View Weather Festival highlights video (.swf, 03:54)

At the 2006 NWF, children carry the inflated balloon in the launch tube.

NOAA Weather Partners
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE
National Weather Center
120 David L. Boren Blvd.
Norman, OK 73072

TEL 405-325-6933
FAX 405-325-6938
keli.tarp@noaa.gov

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Updated March 18, 2008