Server-based geographic information systems (GIS) can be leveraged to share spatial data, refine operational business processes, and develop a collaborative environment within an organization. The services-oriented architecture of the server GIS provides flexibility and is accessible via web services to a wide variety of client applications: web browsers, desktop GIS, Google Earth©, business applications and mobile devices. A server-based GIS demonstration project was developed to test the concept of server GIS at the NWS Central Region Headquarters. ESRI's ArcServer© was used to construct two pilot projects to demonstrate the utility of a server GIS solution. A situation awareness tool was developed to connect spatially referenced data from a variety of disjointed sources. The situation awareness tool was designed to allow NWS staff to view and analyze the impacts of weather-related disasters on communities in the Central Region, as well as monitor the operational status of the Central Region field offices. Information is presented in a practical, easy to navigate and visually explicit manner that is not available in any other presentation to date. A storm damage logging application was developed that can be deployed to a GPS-enabled smart phone or similar mobile device. This damage logging tool will demonstrate that a cost-effective approach to collecting time-critical storm damage data can be seamlessly integrated into a server GIS infrastructure.