SPC

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U.S. federal government agency facility meteorological organization

The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) is a U.S. National Weather Service facility responsible for forecasting severe convective weather such as tornadoes, hail, and damaging winds across the United States.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Storm Prediction Center	0

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. federal government agency facility ⓘ meteorological organization ⓘ
abbreviation	SPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	SPC ⓘ
collaboratesWith	National Severe Storms Laboratory ⓘ local National Weather Service forecast offices ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	operational meteorology ⓘ severe storms meteorology ⓘ
focusesOn	organized convective systems ⓘ severe thunderstorms ⓘ tornado outbreaks ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Norman, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ surface form: Norman, Oklahoma
historicalPredecessor	Storm Prediction Center ⓘ surface form: National Severe Storms Forecast Center
issuesProduct	convective outlooks ⓘ fire weather outlooks ⓘ mesoscale discussions ⓘ severe thunderstorm watches ⓘ short-term severe weather forecasts ⓘ tornado watches ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
locatedInCity	Norman ⓘ
locatedInCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInFacility	National Weather Center ⓘ
locatedInState	Oklahoma ⓘ
operatedBy	National Weather Service ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
parentOrganization	National Centers for Environmental Prediction ⓘ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ National Weather Service ⓘ
partOf	National Centers for Environmental Prediction ⓘ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
responsibleFor	damaging wind forecasts ⓘ forecasting severe convective weather ⓘ severe hail forecasts ⓘ tornado forecasts ⓘ
serviceArea	adjacent coastal waters ⓘ contiguous United States ⓘ
typeOfForecasts	day 1 convective outlooks ⓘ day 2 convective outlooks ⓘ day 3 convective outlooks ⓘ day 4–8 severe weather outlooks ⓘ
usesDataFrom	numerical weather prediction models ⓘ satellite observations ⓘ surface weather observations ⓘ upper-air soundings ⓘ weather radar ⓘ
website	https://www.spc.noaa.gov/ ⓘ

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Storm Prediction Center → abbreviation → SPC ⓘ

SPC → abbreviation → SPC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Storm Prediction Center

SPC → alsoKnownAs → SPC ⓘ

subject surface form: Storm Prediction Center