National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma
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 The National Weather Center complex, which has housed the NWS Norman office since the facility opened in 2006. |
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| Formed | November 1, 1890 |
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| Jurisdiction | Federal Government of the United States |
| Headquarters | 120 David L Boren Blvd, Norman, Oklahoma 73072 35°10′55″N 97°26′24″W / 35.182°N 97.440°WCoordinates: 35°10′55″N 97°26′24″W / 35.182°N 97.440°W |
| Employees | 25 |
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| Parent agency |
National Weather Service (operating as a branch of the NWS Southern Region Headquarters) |
| Website | www |
National Weather Service - Norman, Oklahoma (office identification code: OUN) is a Weather Forecast Office (WFO) of the National Weather Service based in Norman, Oklahoma, which is responsible for forecasts and the dissemination of weather warnings and advisories for central and most of western Oklahoma (with the exception of the panhandle), and western portions of north Texas. It is located in the National Weather Center on the University of Oklahoma campus, where it acts as one of the NOAA Weather Partners, a group of close-together weather-related agencies of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NWS Norman is currently overseen by David Andra, who serves as the Meteorologist In Charge of the office.
The Norman Weather Forecast Office – which operates as a branch of the National Weather Service's Southern Region Headquarters (SRH) division – manages three NEXRAD (WSR-88D) Doppler weather radar sites that cover its area of forecasting responsibility, based in Oklahoma City (radar identification code: TLX), serving central Oklahoma; Frederick (FDR), serving southwestern Oklahoma and western north Texas; and at Vance Air Force Base (VNX), serving north-central and northwestern parts of Oklahoma. The office has earned widespread recognition from local media outlets, especially in concern with certain weather conditions that are or are forecast to occur. It has also received attention from national media, and was even recognized by United States President Barack Obama.
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