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NWS Publications A comprehensive resource for NWS publications on topics ranging from Aviation Weather to Winter Storms
NOAA Backgrounders Background information sheets on NOAA functions and features
NWS Quad Cities Service Guide Last updated October 2010 (41 pages; 1.6M pdf)
NWS Quad Cities School Guide Last updated October 2010 (21 pages; 650k pdf)

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Drought (2 pgs)
Effective Severe Weather Strategy (2 pgs)
Effective Severe Weather Strategy Poster (18x24; 2.9M)
Floods (2 pgs)
Floods...The Awesome Power (16 pgs; 3M)
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NOAA Weather Radio (2 pgs)
NOAA Weather Ranger (comics, videos, coloring books, etc)
Outdoor Warning Sirens (1 pg)
Owlie Skywarn Activity Book for Kids (50 pgs; 1.6M)
Quad City Metro Siren Guidelines (1 pg)
Snow Melt and Flooding (1 pg)
StormReady (2 pgs)
StormReady Schools (1 pg)
StormReady Supporters (1 pg)
Thunderstorms (2 pgs)
Thunderstorms, Tornadoes and Lightning (16 pgs; 14M)
Tornadoes (2 pgs)
Watches and Warnings (1 pg)
Winter Storms: Deceptive Killers (12 pgs; 2.14M)
Winter Weather (2 pgs)

Especially for Storm Spotters

Spotter's Guide (72 half-pgs)
Sky Watcher Cloud Poster

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EAS System and the NWS (1 pg)
Fire Weather Services (1 pg)
NWS Careers: Hydrology (2 pgs)
NWS Careers: Meteorology (2 pgs)
River Forecasting (2 pgs)
Space Weather Services (2 pgs)
Storm-Based Warnings (1 pg)
Storm Spotters/Skywarn (1 pg)
Upper Air (Weather Balloons) (2 pgs)

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Burlington, IA (1 pg)

Cedar Rapids, IA (1 pg)

Dubuque, IA (1 pg)

Moline, IL (1 pg)

Iowa (1 pg)

Illinois (1 pg)

Missouri (1 pg)

Who uses climate data? (1 pg)

El Nino (2 pgs; 1.2M)

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Cedar Rapids area (2 pgs)
Dubuque area (2 pgs)
Burlington area (2 pgs)

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Boy Scout Weather Merit Badge Lesson Plan

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Masters of Disaster
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UCAR Education and Training
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Glossary of Select Meteorological Terms

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