National Weather Service Norman, Oklahoma

National Weather Service
Weather Forecast Office
Norman, Oklahoma

The National Weather Center complex, which has housed the NWS Norman office since the facility opened in 2006.
Agency overview
FormedNovember 1, 1890 (1890-11-01)
Preceding agencies
  • National Weather Service Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Weather Bureau Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
JurisdictionFederal Government of the United States
Headquarters120 David L Boren Blvd, Norman, Oklahoma 73072
35°10′55″N 97°26′24″W / 35.182°N 97.440°W / 35.182; -97.440
Employees25
Agency executives
  • Mark Fox, Meteorologist in Charge
  • Rick Smith, Warning Coordination Meteorologist
Parent agencyNational Weather Service
(operating as a branch of the NWS Southern Region Headquarters)
Websitewww.weather.gov/oun

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.[1] NWS Norman is currently overseen by Mark Fox, who serves as the Meteorologist In Charge of the office.[2]

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, and portions of southern Kansas.[2] The office has earned widespread recognition from local media outlets, especially in concern with certain weather conditions that are or are forecast to occur.[3][4] It has also received attention from national media, and was even recognized by United States President Barack Obama.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "National Weather Center Partners". National Weather Center. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  2. ^ a b OUN Webmaster. "National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Norman, Oklahoma". Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  3. ^ Bryan Painter (December 5, 2013). "Your Oklahoma City metro weather from the National Weather Service, Norman". The Oklahoman. The Anschutz Corporation. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  4. ^ Bryan Painter (December 20, 2013). "More on the Ice Storm Warnings, National Weather Service, Norman". The Oklahoman. The Anschutz Corporation. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  5. ^ "President meets with NWS forecasters following devastating Oklahoma tornado". WeatherReady. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. May 28, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  6. ^ "Norman's National Weather Service staff meet President Obama". KOCO-TV. Hearst Television. May 28, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  7. ^ Andrea Thompson (May 28, 2013). "Pres. Obama Thanks Tornado Forecasters in Oklahoma". LiveScience. Retrieved January 4, 2014.