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Last Update 11/15/07 |
November 6, 2007 -- Irv Watson, Science & Operations Officer, Tallahassee WFO, National Weather Service On Tuesday, November 6, 2007, the North Florida AMS held its November meeting. Charlie Woodrum started off the meeting with a weather trivia quiz in which the top 8 participants will have a chance at Weather Jeopardy at our December meeting. The top 8 members were Jason Adams, Marv, Buddy Jordan, Richie Schwerdt, Ryan Christman, Lorenza Cooper, Joe Bauer, and Katie Moore. He then went on to discuss the chapter’s calendar that will be for sale by the next meeting. Andy Latto discussed the recent golf tournament which turned out to have 26 people and raised $262.99 for the chapter. He then discussed the chapter’s upcoming tailgate for the FSU vs. Maryland game which is set to start at 9:00 a.m. in front of the Love building on the Tennessee St. side. There will be a $100 allotment for food and soda. Kevin McKee announced the account balance of ~$2,300.00 after the golf tournament. He also discussed possible basketball tailgates for the spring semester including, January 16th against Duke at 7 p.m., January 26th against N.C. State at 1:30 p.m., or February 3rd against UNC at 2 p.m. Liane Claytor talked about the upcoming bake sale which will be held Wednesday, November 14th in front of the SunTrust at FSU from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The previous bake sale raised $66.46 for the chapter. Alec Bogdanoff followed to discuss redoing the outreach web page and doing a fundraiser to raise money for outreach items. Mike Joseph from the American Red Cross then spoke about the Fire/Weather House at the last Downtown Getdown and invited members to come out to volunteer. He also spoke about the Weather House they will be having at the North Florida fair to simulate emergency weather situations for children on Friday, November 16th. Following Mike Joseph, Irv Watson, the Science and Operations Officer at the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, was introduced. He has Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Meteorology earned from the Florida State University. Irv has 38 years experience in the field of meteorology. His experience includes serving 8 years in the U.S. Air Force as a forecaster, rawinsonde operator, and weather observer. He was associated with the NOAA Research Laboratories for 19 years working in thunderstorm, lightning, and cloud seeding research. His most recent assignment in the NOAA Research Laboratories was at the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, OK where his duties included being the Principal Investigator of the aircraft component of the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX) in 1994 and 1995. He assumed the duties of SOO in Tallahassee in May 1996. He is the author of more than 20 refereed papers. He spoke about how the National Weather Service handled the Hurricane Ivan tornado outbreak from 2004. Hurricane Ivan was a named storm for 21 days and intensified to a category 5 storm by September 9, 2004. On September 16th Ivan was just off the coast of Gulf Shores, AL. This storm resulted in 117 tornadoes breaking out across the southeast United States. As a result of this outbreak, 130 warnings within the county warning area for Tallahassee were issued within a 12-13 hour period. Twenty-three tornadoes were verified within the CWA generally within the region of the right front quadrant of the storm. For more information: Charlie Woodrum, northflams@gmail.com. Report submitted by Liane Claytor, Secretary. |
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