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GSD Impact Stories

  • Hurricane Maria - September 2017

    Image of scientists analyzing model output and images of Doppler radar after Hurricane Maria

    The radar in San Juan, Puerto Rico was destroyed by Hurricane Maria as it made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane

  • Hurricane Irma - September 2017

    Composite image of weather models showing Hurricane Irma

    Hurricane Irma held sustained top winds of 185 mph for 37 hours

  • Hurricane Harvey - August 2017

    Model image of Hurricane Harvey

    Hurricane Harvey is the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the contiguous United States

  • HRRR-Eclipse - August 2017

    Image of the August 2017 eclipse

    Current operational weather forecasting models are not equipped to represent the eclipse and its effect on the weather

  • Elk City, OK tornado path - May 2017

    Image of a funnel cloud/tornado

    Severe weather brewed in the Texas panhandle one late afternoon in May

  • Houston Flooding - April 2016

    Image of a military vehicle rescuing people stranded in a flood. Photo courtesy of Texas Military Department

    NWS forecasters discussed a heavy rainfall threat at least three days in advance of the "Tax Day Flood"

  • Denver Blizzard - March 2016

    Image of a car buried in snow

    Due, in part, to GSD’s research, the public had ample warning of the spring  2016 Denver blizzard

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