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The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) is an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmosperic Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service. Materials available on the website include current weather watches, mesoscale discussions, convective outlooks, six-hour thunderstorm outlooks, and fire weather forecasts; research publications, experimental products and techniques; weather information including watch/warning maps, climatological data, and current radar; and a section on tornadoes. There is also an archive of weather images, and sections on the organization and history of the Center.
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The information on government servers are in the public domain, unless specifically annotated otherwise, and may be used freely by the public so long as you do not 1) claim it is your own (e.g. by claiming copyright for NWS information -- see below), 2) use it in a manner that implies an endorsement or affiliation with NOAA/NWS, or 3) modify it in content and then present it as official government material. You also cannot present information of your own in a way that makes it appear to be official government information.
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DLESE-000-000-002-738
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This resource references
'The Online Tornado FAQ'
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/ |