Storm Prediction Center

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U.S. government agency meteorological organization

The Storm Prediction Center is a U.S. government facility responsible for forecasting severe convective weather such as tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, and related hazards across the United States.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
National Severe Storms Forecast Center	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. government agency ⓘ meteorological organization ⓘ
abbreviation	SPC ⓘ
collaboratesWith	National Severe Storms Laboratory ⓘ local National Weather Service forecast offices ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dataAccessibility	public ⓘ
domain	meteorology ⓘ severe weather forecasting ⓘ
focusArea	damaging wind forecasting ⓘ hail forecasting ⓘ hazardous fire weather forecasting ⓘ severe thunderstorm prediction ⓘ tornado prediction ⓘ
formerName	Storm Prediction Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Severe Storms Forecast Center
headquartersLocation	Norman, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ surface form: Norman, Oklahoma
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States contiguous United States ⓘ
locatedInCity	Norman ⓘ
locatedInCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInFacility	National Weather Center ⓘ
locatedInState	Oklahoma ⓘ
mainFunction	forecasting severe convective weather ⓘ issuing convective outlooks ⓘ issuing fire weather outlooks ⓘ issuing severe thunderstorm watches ⓘ issuing tornado watches ⓘ monitoring mesoscale convective systems ⓘ providing guidance on hazardous thunderstorms ⓘ supporting warning operations of local National Weather Service offices ⓘ
operatedBy	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ National Weather Service ⓘ
parentOrganization	National Centers for Environmental Prediction ⓘ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ National Weather Service ⓘ
partOf	U.S. Department of Commerce ⓘ
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
publishes	Day 1 convective outlooks ⓘ Day 2 convective outlooks ⓘ Day 3 convective outlooks ⓘ Day 4-8 convective outlooks ⓘ fire weather outlooks ⓘ mesoscale discussions ⓘ
serviceType	24-hour operations ⓘ
usesDataFrom	numerical weather prediction models ⓘ satellite observations ⓘ surface weather observations ⓘ upper-air soundings ⓘ weather radar ⓘ
website	https://www.spc.noaa.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

National Severe Storms Laboratory → collaboratesWith → Storm Prediction Center ⓘ

Weather Prediction Center → collaboratesWith → Storm Prediction Center ⓘ

Storm Prediction Center → formerName → Storm Prediction Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Severe Storms Forecast Center

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration → hasDivision → Storm Prediction Center ⓘ

National Centers for Environmental Prediction → hasPart → Storm Prediction Center ⓘ

Norman, Oklahoma, United States → hasResearchFacility → Storm Prediction Center ⓘ

subject surface form: Norman, Oklahoma

SPC → historicalPredecessor → Storm Prediction Center ⓘ

subject surface form: Storm Prediction Center

this entity surface form: National Severe Storms Forecast Center

Norman → hostsInstitution → Storm Prediction Center ⓘ

National Weather Center → housesAgency → Storm Prediction Center ⓘ

National Weather Service → operates → Storm Prediction Center ⓘ