Old News from 2000

(12/27/2000) Web Page for the December 25-27, 2000 Winter Storm is now available. A preliminary web page for the December 25-27, 2000 Winter Storm in northern Texas and Oklahoma is now available.

(12/19/2000) Web Page for Christmas Day Weather Trivia for Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is now available. A web page with information related to Christmas Day weather in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is available. The data are based on records going back to 1890.

(12/14/2000) Web Page for the December 12-13, 2000 Winter Storm is now available. A preliminary web page for the December 12-13, 2000 Winter Storm in northern Texas and Oklahoma is now available.

(12/11/2000) Updated 2000 Tornado Data. Updated tables containing information on tornadoes which occurred in Oklahoma and the NWS Norman County Warning Area are available through the Tornoado Data page.

(12/11/2000) New storm data files are available. New storm data files for the months of July, August and September 2000 have been added to the Storm Data page.

(09/01/2000) New storm data files are available. New storm data files for the months of April, May and June 2000 have been added to the Storm Data page.

(07/21/2000) National Weather Service Names Dennis McCarthy as Central Region Director. After serving 10 years as the Meteorologist-in-Charge at the NWS Norman, Oklahoma forecast office, Dennis McCarthy was recently selected as the new NWS Central Region Director. For more information, please go to the news release.

(06/12/2000) WMO Headers to Change for NWS Norman Products. At 8:00 am CDT on June 13, 2000, the WMO headers will be changed for many products issued by NWS Norman and other Southern Region offices. For more information, please view the Systems Operations Center Change Notice .

(06/12/2000) New storm data files are available. New storm data files for the months of January, February and March 2000 have been added to the Storm Data page.

(04/14/2000) Frequently Asked Questions about the May 3, 1999 Bridge Creek/OKC Area Tornado. A FAQ page with information regarding the Bridge Creek/OKC Area tornado is available. Several tornado myths surrounding the May 3, 1999 tornado have surfaced and the FAQ page is our initial attempt in dealing with these myths.

(03/03/2000) Severe Weather Preparedness press releases are available. Press releases pertaining to severe weather preparedness are now available via the NOAA Weather Partners Public Affairs web site from the National Weather Service and American Meteorological Society . The NWS press release also announces the location of the new StormReady web site. This site is at:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/stormready/

(03/02/2000) A Presentation Regarding Tornadoes and Highway Overpasses is Available. A slide presentation entitled: "Highway Overpasses as Tornado Shelters: Fallout From the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma/Kansas Violent Tornado Outbreak" is available at:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/papers/overpass.php

(03/02/2000) The NWS Norman web site has moved to a new location. The NWS Norman web site has moved to its new location on the NWS Southern Region web server.

The new web address is:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/

Please bookmark the new address and change the links in your web pages. Files and links to the old server will be removed by March 10, 2000. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

(02/23/2000) A new storm data file is available. The storm data file for the month of December 1999 has been added to the Storm Data page.

(02/23/2000) New NOAA Weather Partners Public Affairs web site. News releases and other information from NWS Norman, NSSL, SPC and OSF are available on the NOAA Weather Partners Public Affairs web site. The new site can be found at:

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/publicaffairs/

(02/01/2000) New storm data files are available. The storm data files for the months of October and November 1999 have been added to the Storm Data page.

(02/01/2000) Wind Chill Information. A new page providing links to wind chill information is available.

(01/20/2000) Coop Observers Page updated. Several Coop Service Awards have been given to cooperative observers in the NWS Norman area of responsibility. Information on and photos of the coop observers who received these awards can be seen in Coop Observers page.