Dallas/Fort Worth Area NEXRAD Doppler Radar Site

Dallas/Fort Worth Area NEXRAD Doppler Radar Site


Fort Worth, Texas (TX), US
"NEXRAD is used to warn the people of the United States about dangerous weather and its location. Meteorologists can now warn the public to take shelter with more notice than any previous radar. There are 158 operational NEXRAD radar systems deployed throughout the United States and at selected overseas locations. The maximum range of the NEXRAD radar is 250 nautical miles. The NEXRAD network provides significant improvements in severe weather and flash flood warnings, air traffic safety, flow control for air traffic, resource protection at military bases, and management of water, agriculture, forest, and snow removal."

This is the WSR-88D NEXRAD doppler radar unit that covers North Central Texas and is located at Fort Worth Spinks Airport.
"NEXRAD is used to warn the people of the United States about dangerous weather and its location. Meteorologists can now warn the public to take shelter with more notice than any previous radar. There are 158 operational NEXRAD radar systems deployed throughout the United States and at selected overseas locations. The maximum range of the NEXRAD radar is 250 nautical miles. The NEXRAD network provides significant improvements in severe weather and flash flood warnings, air traffic safety, flow control for air traffic, resource protection at military bases, and management of water, agriculture, forest, and snow removal."

This is the WSR-88D NEXRAD doppler radar unit that covers North Central Texas and is located at Fort Worth Spinks Airport.
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Links: www.osf.noaa.gov
By: LoneStarOne

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