The Storm Events Database Explorer

Jed talks with Kwin Keuter and Brad Andrick, geospatial software engineers at Earth Genome, about the Storm Events Database Explorer. This collaborative project between Earth Genome, The Commons, and the Internet of Water Coalition provides access to over 1.9 million U.S. severe weather events spanning 70+ years of NOAA’s National Center for Environmental Information (NCEI) storm records, including tornadoes, floods, hail, and hurricanes.Links and ResourcesStorm Events Database Explorer — Interactive map and search interfaceStorm Events Database on Source Cooperative — Cloud-optimized Parquet filesEarth Genome blog post on the project — Technical process and discovery workThe Commons case study — Project background and case studyNOAA Storm Events Database — Original NOAA dataset and beta interfaceGeoParquet.io — Chris Holmes’s project for working with Parquet filesMore show notes and transcript at https://greatdataproducts.com/episodes/2026/02/keuter-andrick-storm-events/