Awards Made
William Brennan, Acting Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has announced a long list of awards for the various components of that organization.
Among the awards were Bronze medals to three National Weather Service (NWS) offices in the Southeast US. These included:
WFO Huntsville, AL
For partnering with NASA and the University of Alabama to transition unique research application tools into operational decision support systems and for transferring these capabilities to other NOAA/NWS offices.
WFO Melbourne, FL
For providing life-saving severe weather outlooks and accurate tornado warnings for east central Florida during the 2006-07 severe weather season.
WFO Atlanta, GA
For performance widely acknowledged to have saved many lives during a seven-hour tornado outbreak in central Georgia on March 1, 2007.
Our congratulations go out to all the folks in those offices who have worked so hard to make these accomplishments happen!!
-Brian-
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Brian Peters is one of the television meteorologists at ABC3340 in Birmingham and a retired NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologist. He handles the weekend Weather Xtreme Videos and forecast discussion and is the Webmaster for the popular WeatherBrains podcast.Subscribe
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