National Weather Center

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meteorological research facility weather forecasting center

The National Weather Center is a major U.S. hub for meteorological research, forecasting, and severe weather operations that houses multiple NOAA and academic weather agencies.

Aliases (1)

National Weather Center, Norman, Oklahoma ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	meteorological research facility → weather forecasting center →
affiliation	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration → University of Oklahoma →
buildingType	office and laboratory building →
campus	University of Oklahoma →
city	Norman →
collaboratesWith	Department of Defense → Federal Aviation Administration → National Weather Service →
coordinates	35.240°N 97.472°W →
country	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
floorCount	6 →
focusArea	aviation weather → fire weather → flash flooding → severe thunderstorms → tornadoes → winter weather →
hasFacility	National Weather Center Atrium → National Weather Center Observation Deck → classrooms → operations floors → research laboratories →
housesAgency	Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations → NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research → surface form: "NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) units" National Severe Storms Laboratory → National Weather Service Forecast Office Norman → surface form: "National Weather Service Norman Forecast Office" Oklahoma Climatological Survey → Radar Operations Center (field presence) → Storm Prediction Center → University of Oklahoma → surface form: "University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology" Warning Decision Training Division →
locatedIn	Norman, Oklahoma, United States → surface form: "Norman, Oklahoma" Oklahoma → United States of America → surface form: "United States"
notableFor	integration of research and operations in severe weather forecasting →
opened	2006 →
operator	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration → University of Oklahoma →
partOf	National Severe Storms Laboratory → surface form: "NOAA Norman, Oklahoma, facilities complex"
purpose	meteorological research → severe weather operations → weather forecasting →
regionServed	central United States → southern Plains →
shortName	NWC →
state	Oklahoma →
website	https://www.ou.edu/nwc →

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

University of Oklahoma → affiliatedWith → National Weather Center →

Norman, Oklahoma, United States → hasResearchFacility → National Weather Center →

subject surface form: "Norman, Oklahoma"

Norman → hostsInstitution → National Weather Center →

National Severe Storms Laboratory → locatedAt → National Weather Center →

this entity surface form: "National Weather Center, Norman, Oklahoma"

Storm Prediction Center → locatedInFacility → National Weather Center →

SPC → locatedInFacility → National Weather Center →

subject surface form: "Storm Prediction Center"