NWC Facts

The National Weather Center sits on a 22-acre site on the NE corner of Jenkins and Highway 9 in Norman, Oklahoma.
The building was designed by Beck – LAN/Daly, a joint venture between Beck Associates Architects and LAN/Daly. Oscar J. Boldt Company was the general contractor. Burns & MacDonnell Architects assisted in the develpment of NOAA program and facility requirements and construction oversight.
Ground breaking was held in November 2002 and bids were taken in early Spring 2003. Construction began August 2003. The building opened in summer 2006, with building dedication on September 29, 2006.
OU and NOAA, partner agencies making up the NWC, have expended a total of $69 million to construct and occupy the building.
The building is 250,000 square feet with five stories plus a rooftop outdoor classroom and enclosed weather observation deck.
The exterior is made up of face brick, architectural cast stone, metal-faced composite panels, and glass curtain walls.
The NWC houses about 550 people. This includes research scientists, operational meteorologists and climatologists, engineers and technicians, support staff, and graduate and undergraduate students.