North Texas Chapter

Our Mission
"The development and dissemination of the knowledge of meteorology in all its phases and applications and the advancement of its professional ideals."

Membership
Membership in the North Texas Chapter is open to anyone who has an interest in meteorology, pays chapter dues, and agrees to abide by the chapter's constitution. Membership in the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association at the national level is encouraged, but is not required.

This Year's Chapter Meetings:
Date: Tuesday, February 21st
Time: 7:00 pm CST
Location: NWS West Gulf River Forecast Center/WFO Fort Worth/Dallas, 3401 Northern Cross Blvd. | Map
Topic: Surveying the Joplin Missouri EF5 Tornado of May 2011
Speaker: Tim Marshall, Principal Engineer, Haag Engineering

Tim Marshall is a meteorologist and civil engineer who makes his living surveying and assessing damage in the wake of tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and hailstorms. He was born and raised in the Chicago area and became interested in tornadoes when his hometown was struck by an F-4 tornado on April 21, 1967. Tim earned his Bachelor of Science in Geography-Meteorology from Northern Illinois University in 1977, and an Master of Science in Atmospheric Science from Texas Tech University in 1980. He went on to earn an Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech while working part time for the Institute for Disaster Research in Lubbock. Tim began tracking tornadoes and hurricanes and studying their damage while at Texas Tech.

After graduating in 1983, Tim went to work for Haag Engineering in Dallas and has surveyed more than 100 natural disasters during the past 30 years. Last year, Tim surveyed seven violent tornado tracks, including the Joplin, MO, tornado. Tim is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Meteorological Society. He has served on the Severe Local Storms and the Enhanced Fujita Scale committees. Tim has written numerous publications on building damage and has appeared on dozens of radio and television programs.

Recent Chapter Meetings:
Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Topic: Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimation in Operational Hydrology – A Brief History in the NEXRAD Era and a Look Forward
Speaker: Professor Dong-Jun "DJ" Seo, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington

Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Topic: Tour of the NWS Center Weather Service Unit, FAA Air Route Traffic Control Center
Speaker: Doug Reno, NWS Center Weather Service Unit

Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Topic:Weather Support to the Space Shuttle Program
Speaker: Brian Hoeth, Emergency Response Meteorologist, NWS Southern Region Operations Center

Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Topic: The National Weather Service Southern Region ROC Pilot Project: Taking Regional Weather and Water Decision Support to a Whole New Level
Speaker: Tom Bradshaw, Chief, Meteorological Services Branch, NWS Southern Region

Date: Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Topic: Social Media and the National Weather Service
Speakers: Rusty Billingsley, Chief, Science & Technology Services, NWS Southern Region and Mark Fox, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, WFO Fort Worth/Dallas

Date: Tuesday April 19th, 2011
Topic: The Certified Consulting Meteorologist Program
Speaker: Bernard N. Meisner CCM, Chief Science & Training, NWS Southern Region

Date: Thursday March 10th, 2011 Note this is not our typical day of the month!
Topic: CSI: Meteorology, The Phantom Crashes
Speaker: Mike Smith, WeatherData Services, Inc.

Date: Tuesday February 15th, 2011
Topic: The Central City Trinity River Project.
Speaker: Laura Mayberry Bacigalupo, Public Information Officer, Trinity River Vision Authority

Date: Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Topic: Vertically Integrated Ice - A New Lightning Nowcasting Tool
Speaker: Matt Mosier, WFO Fort Worth/Dallas

Date: November 16, 2010
Topic: Ozone Action Days and The Coalition for Clean Air in North Texas.
Speaker: Whitney Buehrle, North Central Texas Council of Governments

Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Topic: Reflections on VORTEX 2: The Second Year
Speaker: Tim Marshall, HAAG Engineering

Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Topics: A Constitution for Personal Flood Safety & Putting the Pieces Together -- The Future of Flash Flood Forecasting
Speaker: Jon Zeitler, Science and Operations Officer, WFO Austin/San Antonio

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