On May 18, 2025 a tornado touched down near the town of Arnett, Oklahoma. Researchers with the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) were in place to intercept the storm and …

Tornado research at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, with information about current research into tornadoes and its role in improving tornado forecasts and warnings to help save …

Basic information about tornadoes, from the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory.

NSSL scientists study the lifecycles of tornadoes, why some supercells produce tornadoes and others do not, and what exactly causes a tornado to form. We also look for ways to improve …

The project was designed to observe all scales of motion from the thunderstorm down to the tornado. On June 5, VORTEX2 collects data on a tornado in LaGrange, Wyoming, using all of …

Information about tornado detection, from the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory.

NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory researchers have created a computer model that can simulate a thunderstorm to study how changes in the environment can affect a thunderstorm’s …

Information about types of tornadoes, from the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory.

The lab has brought together a number of tornado researchers with expertise in physical science, social and behavioral sciences, and engineering to focus on the most important and urgent …

The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) is a federal research laboratory under NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. NSSL's research spans weather radar, …