LINKS TO TORNADO & SEVERE WEATHER WEB SITES

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This site is still under construction, so please be aware of possible problems as well as updates. Comments and suggestions are accepted. Thanx.

EJH

Some links to current severe weather

Alert Meteorological Research Teams

• Northern Illinois University (NIU) Storm Chaser Home page
  • Alternate Storm Chaser Site
• Current Weather Watch Image
• SkyWarn SELS Log map
• From the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) at Norman, OK
  • Current Severe Weather Products
    • Current Severe Weather Watches
    • Severe Weather Watch Status Report
    • Mesoscale Discussion
    • The current convective outlooks:
      • Day 1 Convective Outlook in image form
      • Day 1 Convective Outlook Discussion in text format or alternate site
      • Day 2 Convective Outlook in image form
      • Day 2 Convective Outlook Discussion in text format or alternate site
• NCEP/SPC - Tornado and Severe Weather Reports
• From Interactive Weather Information Network (IWWIN)
  • National Warnings Area

Some links to severe weather archives and climatology

• Storm Prediction Center: Products and Data Archive
  • NCEP/SPC - Monthly Tornado Statistics
  • SPC Historical Tornado Data by U.S. State and Territory

Links to other interesting tornado information

• From Jack William's "U.S.A. Today" weather page: Index to information on tornadoes
• Storm Spotter's Guide (illustrated)
• Comprehensive Glossary of Weather Terms for Storm Spotters (by M. Branick)
• Radar glossary (from MIT Radar Lab)
• VORTEX home page
  • Images from VORTEX 95
• NSSL Home Page
• Tornado Debris Project
• http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/013tornado/index.html
• Tornado Project of Tom Grazulis
• Severe Storm Spotters Guide -- Guide to Meteorology (UIUC)
• Tornado information by Cory Forsyth
• Tornado Simulation at NCSA
• Index of tornado slides from COVIS Project
• FEMA Tornado Fact Sheet or Alternate site
• Home Page for Warren Faidley , a professional storm chaser and photographer Temporary link
• Tornado and hazard related links by Matt Biddle (University of Oklahoma)

For shareware

• Computer shareware

For educational resources

• The Severe Weather Information Kit (SWIK) from Univ. of Nebraska at Lincoln
• Tornado Exhibit from UCAR

Other Natural Hazards and Preparedness Links

Case Studies and "eyewitness" reports

• Report on Oakfield, WI (F5) tornado on 18 July 1996 (Steve Jascourt)
• The Central Illinois Severe Weather outbreak of 19 April 1996 (From Daily Planet Productions)
• Roseville, IL Tornado of 13 May 1995

SkyWarn

• What is SkyWarn?
  • What is ham radio?
• Metro SkyWarn from Minneapolis-St. Paul
• skyNET Information
• Northern Illinois Multi-county SkyWarn
  • Weather links for Northern Illinois severe weather spotters
• Kansas City SkyWarn (Jim Howard)
• Wyoming
• Texas-Oklahoma SkyWarn
• Bolingbrook (IL) amateur radio society (B.A.R.S.)
• · DuPage Amateur Radio Communications
• Other SkyWarn pages
  • http://weather.cod.edu/skywarn/others.html
  • http://www.connix.com/~kipdee/skywarn_q&a.html

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