National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Definition of NWS Chicago Warnings, Watches, and Advisories

National Weather Service Brochures

• Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Lightning  pdf version    text version
• Tornadoes
• Safe Boating Weather Tips
• Flash Floods
• Heat Wave   pdf version   text version
• Winter Weather
• Hurricanes
• Climate Change

Weather Safety

• Lightning
• Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Floods
• Rip Currents
• Winter
• Hurricanes

For Kids

Owlie Skywarn Books Owlie teaches about the hazards of severe weather which include tornadoes, lightning, hurricanes, flash floods and winter storms. The following books are in pdf format. Watch Out...Storms Ahead Tornadoes Hurricanes Floods Lightning Winter Storms Other Weather Resources For Kids National Severe Storms Laboratory Weather Room Playtime for Kids - NWS page For Kid's Only - a site from NASA NOAA's Education F.E.M.A. for Kids Making a Weather Station EPA Climate Change Kids Site

Other Reference Materials

• Weather Safety Guide for Schools  pdf file 
  by Jennifer Schuller, August 2008
• Jetstream
  The National Weather Service Southern Region Weather School. This site is designed to help educators, emergency managers, or anyone interested in learning about weather.
• Weather Education - from NWS Headquarters
• Guide to Contractions
• Government directory for Natural Sciences
• Enhanced Fujita Scale
• Weather Terms and Terminology
• Education Materials - from the Climate Prediction Center
• NOAA Photo Library