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Intro to SKYWARN®
Introduction to SKYWARN® and how severe weather spotters fit into NWS operations.
Storm Spotter Training: NWS Norman (Playlist)
NWS Storm Spotter Training From the NWS Norman Weather Forecast Office.
NWS Pueblo SKYWARN® Basic - April 30, 2020
Learn about what the NWS does, weather safety to practice at home and work, the basics of severe storm spotting, and how to report severe weather to our office.
NWS Pueblo SKYWARN® Advanced - April 27, 2020
Learn more about tornadogenesis and how severe weather impacts affect southern and southeastern Colorado.
Supercell animation
A horizontally rolling atmosphere, due to vertical wind speed shear, will be tilted into the vertical, causing rotating updrafts, one counterclockwise, the other clockwise.
2025 IN REWIND: A Year of NSSL Innovation in Severe Storm Science
We recap all the accomplishments NOAA's National Severe Storms Lab made in 2025!
Winter Weather Safety
This video will cover dressing appropriately for winter weather and what to have in a winter survival kit for your car incase you become stranded.
How to Measure Snow
This video will go through best practices to keep in mind when measuring snow, which can be difficult given most of our snow comes with wind. -
Thunderstorm Time Lapse 6/3/19 at NWS Goodland.
Time lapse of showers and storms developing south and moving over the NWS Goodland office.
Pyrocumulous from the Pine Gulch fire 8/10/20
Development of a Pyrocumulus over the Pine Gulch Fire at 5pm on 8/10/20. Viewed out the back window of the NWS Grand Junction office looking past the Grand Junction Airport tower.
Science Briefing: Lifting Mechanisms for Precipitation
Science Briefing: Lifting Mechanisms for Precipitation
NWS Boulder 2023 Basic SKYWARN®
This is a recorded virtual basic SKYWARN class hosted by Boulder/Denver NWS forecast office.
June 21, 2023 Washington County Tornadoes and Hail
This radar animation runs from 3:10 PM MDT - 7:30 PM MDT. On the left is 0.5 degree base reflectivity, and on the right is 0.5 degree base velocity. Radar KFTG is located just north of I-70 east of Denver/Aurora.