Live radar · NOAA NEXRAD network
The real radar, live.
How to read the radar colors
Reading it in ten seconds. Greens are light rain, yellows are heavier, reds are intense, and purples usually mean hail or extreme cores. Radar shows precipitation, not warnings; a violent storm can be minutes ahead of its echo. It is also a picture of right now, so when you need the hours ahead you can see the hour-by-hour and seven day forecast for your area. For the official word on your area, check the Storm Center, and always follow local officials.
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Radar tiles: NOAA NEXRAD composite via the Iowa State University Mesonet public tile cache, typically about 5 minutes behind the live sweep. If these tiles ever look stale or fail to load, the official animated radar is always at radar.weather.gov. Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors, © CARTO. Animation frames span the last 50 minutes. This page is informational and is not an emergency alert service.