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🥇The Gold Standard: Learn how MRMS empowers life-saving forecasts and supports the aviation industry. 🚁✈️🛫 FULL VIDEO 📷: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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💧💧💧☔️☔️☔️🌧️🌧️🌧️️ "Better inputs lead to better public safety" 🥇The Gold Standard: Learn how MRMS empowers life-saving forecasts and decisions when flooding strikes. @NOAAResearch @NOAA Check out the FULL VIDEO 📷: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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🌩️ When floods threaten, MRMS helps @NWS forecasters issue faster, more accurate warnings. 🥇The Gold Standard: MRMS Powers Better Weather Decisions @NOAA @NOAAResearch FULL VIDEO 🎥: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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🥇The Gold Standard: How MRMS Powers Better Weather Decisions 🌩️ MRMS provides forecasters a single-picture of the atmosphere and serves as a cornerstone of weather, commerce and public safety. FULL VIDEO 🎥: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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Gold Standard: How MRMS Powers Better Weather Decisions Combining data from around the country, MRMS provides forecasters a single-picture of the atmosphere and serves as a cornerstone of commerce and public safety. @NOAA @NOAAResearch @NWS FULL VIDEO: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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😱 Now that's a hail stone! And we know a thing or two about hail. Interested in hail science? Check out NSSL's cutting edge HailCam! High-speed cameras, lights brighter than the sun, all mounted on a truck to hunt huge damaging hail! 🎥: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
Illinois officially has a new state hail record! ⛈️ A colossal hailstone, measuring 6.603 inches in diameter, was confirmed by the SCEC following a storm on March 10, 2026, near Kankakee, IL. It reached historic size, weight, and volume! Learn more: bit.ly/ILHailRecord
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📍 Check us out at the 2026 @ametsoc Madison Summit. Our federal and @ciwro_ staff are giving 9️⃣0️⃣ total presentations this week! 🌪️🚁📡🌩️ From tornadoes and lightning to drones and radar (and everything in between), we're talking about the weather tools and tech of tomorrow!
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⛈️🧐 DYK? Flash floods are the deadliest hazard associated with severe storms. Stay weather aware, always have a plan and remember: Turn Around Don't Drown!🚩Flash flood safety 🔗: weather.gov/mob/severe_flood Learn more about flash flood forecasting ➡️ 🔗: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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⛈️ MRMS: A GAME CHANGER ⛈️ MRMS is a tool that combines radar, gauges, satellites and other data to create one clear view of where and how intensely rain is falling. Critical info for forecasting and warning flash floods. 🧐 Learn more ➡️ 🔗: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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⛈️ ⛈️ The WARN-ON-FORECAST-SYSTEM is a paradigm shift in sever weather forecasting that could push our ability to predict when and where flash floods will form from minutes to hours. 🧐 Learn more about this life-saving tech ➡️ 🔗: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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⛈️ SUDDEN DANGER: The Science and Stakes of Flash Flood Forecasting ⛈️ 🌊 FLASH is a cutting edge suite of tools developed at NSSL to predict when and where flash floods will form. Learn more about this life-saving tech ➡️ 🔗: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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Did you know🧐? 🌊 On average #flashfloods account for more fatalities per year in the U.S. than any other hazard associated with severe thunderstorms. Learn how our @NOAA scientists are innovating the next generation of flash flood forecasting tools! ⬇️⬇️ @NOAAResearch
⛈️ Sudden Danger: The Science and Stakes of Flash Flood Forecasting ⛈️ 🌊 Flash floods are the deadliest severe thunderstorm hazard in the US. Our @NOAA researchers are innovating the next generation of #flashflood tools and technologies. Learn More🔗: youtube.com/watch?v=ZOGwKd2M…
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⛈️ Sudden Danger: The Science and Stakes of Flash Flood Forecasting ⛈️ 🌊 Flash floods are the deadliest severe thunderstorm hazard in the US. Our @NOAA researchers are innovating the next generation of #flashflood tools and technologies. Learn More🔗: youtube.com/watch?v=ZOGwKd2M…
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From Super Bowl to World Cup! ⚽🏆When it comes to weather at large outdoor events, safety needs extra time! ⏱️ With venues across the country, a new cutting-edge tool from NSSL is helping support NWS forecasters & public safety officials. LEARN HOW 🔗 inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
🌩️When weather shows a blitz, time on the clock makes all the difference for outdoor events. ⏱️ 🏈 This Sunday @NWS will use a new cutting-edge tool from @NOAA to support Bay Area emergency managers & public safety officials. @NOAAResearch LEARN HOW 🔗: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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We're hiring! If you've always wanted to be part of NSSL and this sounds like you... Apply at the link! Closes 6/18
🧑‍🔬🌪️ NSSL is Hiring! Data Manager (ZP3-1301) Key Focus: 🟢Lead data management strategies. 🟢Spearhead cloud transitions and modernization. 🟢Collaborate between science teams and IT. Apply Here: usajobs.gov/job/872803700
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We're hiring! If you've always wanted to be part of NSSL and this sounds like you... Apply at the link! Closes 6/18
🧑‍🔬🌪️ NSSL is Hiring! Data Manager (ZP3-1301) Key Focus: 🟢Lead data management strategies. 🟢Spearhead cloud transitions and modernization. 🟢Collaborate between science teams and IT. Apply Here: usajobs.gov/job/872803700
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🧑‍🔬🌪️ NSSL is Hiring! Data Manager (ZP3-1301) Key Focus: 🟢Lead data management strategies. 🟢Spearhead cloud transitions and modernization. 🟢Collaborate between science teams and IT. Apply Here: usajobs.gov/job/872803700
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🌪️05/17: The LIFT project used LiDAR & mobile mesonets to sample ground-level wind flow on a strong tornado in Nebraska. This type of data of both the tornado itself AND its formation at such close range and proximity to ground is rare and valuable. 🔗: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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Tornado science doesn't stop when the funnel lifts. 👩‍🔬🌪️ From social science to drones, NSSL teams deploy to communities impacted by tornadoes in search of data that ultimately improves public safety. SCIENCE IN THE DAMAGE PATH: inside.nssl.noaa.gov/nsslnew…
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