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Imagine a monster tornado is ripping through a neighboring county and bearing down on yours.If you live in north Alabama, your forecasters are well prepared to tell you when to seek shelter.The National Weather Service there shares a building "“ the National Space Science and Technology Center "“ with NASA's Short-term Prediction Research and Transition, or SPoRT, Center. SPoRT puts state-of-the-art NASA satellite data directly into forecasters hands, arming them to recognize weather that...

CHICKASHA, Okla. (AP) -- An experimental radar system aimed at giving meteorologists a clearer picture of a forming tornado is being installed in Chickasha, Rush Springs, Lawton and Cyril, according to a University of Oklahoma meteorology professor. Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier says the system is expected to go online by next spring. The radar system is being developed jointly by the University of Oklahoma and three other universities. It is called the Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the...