Thank you so much this helped me a lot as a freshman majoring in meteorology!! And yes I would love to see your dad showing us how the NWS operated back in the day!
I had a run-in back in March 2012 in Henryville, IN. Probably a good look into. I was working at the jail in Jeffersonville Indiana and the morning forecast called for isolated even storms. By the time I got work, the local news was reporting of a severe storm cell heading north. Probably around 1:30pm. By the time I clocked out around 2pm, all the storm sirens started going off and deputies were running in and out of the jail yelling to get into any dispatch and emergency vehicle available. We jumped in anything we could find. Police cars, ambulance, fire trucks, etc. We were heading north on the highway at least doing 100mph when we got a call from the dispatch telling us that a tornado had dropped at the power of an EF-1. Within a matter of minutes, it was called out as an EF-4 moving fast. We were going down this highway so fast yet the Louisville news and meteorology were already there. We were literally pushing them into the sides of the roads. By the time we got there, the only services that made it in time were their own forces which consist of way too little (only six fire trucks and at least maybe 10 or 11 deputies). Once we made it, the tornado was gone and the sirens were off (We thought the power cut the sirens off) We were all jumping out as search and rescue helping people and getting people onto anything flat so we could give them medical attention. To no avail, the sirens started back up with radios saying another one had formed. If I recall, it was an EF-2. It had reformed where we drove in from. We slid every one under flat slabs of anything we could find while others ran for the underpass and ditches. Softball size hail was just hammering us and destroying all the emergency vehicle windows left and right. Once it passed, the sirens went off again yet we were in a fully clear sky. Turns out it had jumped the farmland while shifting Northwest. EF-1 dropped once city over lasting for at least 3 minutes. The aftermath was basically hell once we got in there. I was there 3 days straight with no sleep. We had the local police, Indiana state police, Kentucky State police, every surrounding county. Plus the Indianapolis and Louisville national guard recovery teams. Took about 3 years for the city to even slightly recover. Took about 5 years for education systems to recover, all the students had to go to surrounding cities over populating every school.
You don’t need to know anything about weather before going to college for Meteorology. It does help to know things before, but you will learn it in college
I’m expecting a mobile Gulfport landfall cat 3 landfall with sandy but those areas won’t start getting hurricwne conditions until late tommorow do you agree what do you think
Thank you so much this helped me a lot as a freshman majoring in meteorology!! And yes I would love to see your dad showing us how the NWS operated back in the day!
any updates??
It's great to see Demone turned out so well after graduating Ridgemont High
This provided a really great insight to so many things! Thanks for the video!
I had a run-in back in March 2012 in Henryville, IN. Probably a good look into. I was working at the jail in Jeffersonville Indiana and the morning forecast called for isolated even storms. By the time I got work, the local news was reporting of a severe storm cell heading north. Probably around 1:30pm. By the time I clocked out around 2pm, all the storm sirens started going off and deputies were running in and out of the jail yelling to get into any dispatch and emergency vehicle available. We jumped in anything we could find. Police cars, ambulance, fire trucks, etc. We were heading north on the highway at least doing 100mph when we got a call from the dispatch telling us that a tornado had dropped at the power of an EF-1. Within a matter of minutes, it was called out as an EF-4 moving fast. We were going down this highway so fast yet the Louisville news and meteorology were already there. We were literally pushing them into the sides of the roads. By the time we got there, the only services that made it in time were their own forces which consist of way too little (only six fire trucks and at least maybe 10 or 11 deputies). Once we made it, the tornado was gone and the sirens were off (We thought the power cut the sirens off) We were all jumping out as search and rescue helping people and getting people onto anything flat so we could give them medical attention. To no avail, the sirens started back up with radios saying another one had formed. If I recall, it was an EF-2. It had reformed where we drove in from. We slid every one under flat slabs of anything we could find while others ran for the underpass and ditches. Softball size hail was just hammering us and destroying all the emergency vehicle windows left and right. Once it passed, the sirens went off again yet we were in a fully clear sky. Turns out it had jumped the farmland while shifting Northwest. EF-1 dropped once city over lasting for at least 3 minutes. The aftermath was basically hell once we got in there. I was there 3 days straight with no sleep. We had the local police, Indiana state police, Kentucky State police, every surrounding county. Plus the Indianapolis and Louisville national guard recovery teams. Took about 3 years for the city to even slightly recover. Took about 5 years for education systems to recover, all the students had to go to surrounding cities over populating every school.
WOW! That sounds like something out of a movie. Thanks for sharing your story!
Etch in stone back in the day in meteorology, amazing! Just kidding. The Flintstones weather forest.
One day I will beat the meteorologist rankings game to be a Sheriff meteorologist lol
Great video guys:) very helpful
How did you end up in North Carolina, Jim?
Funny... that’s how Air Force dream sheets work.
I thought you were still in college
Do you learn most of this in college or do you have to learn early in high school to go and get a Meteorology degree
You don’t need to know anything about weather before going to college for Meteorology. It does help to know things before, but you will learn it in college
Dang you look good for a 50+ year old. I thought you were in the low 30's
Thanks so much! 😀
is working in the nws field fun?
I’m expecting a mobile Gulfport landfall cat 3 landfall with sandy but those areas won’t start getting hurricwne conditions until late tommorow do you agree what do you think
As someone who's never taken any calculus classes, is there still hope of being a Meteorologist?
I researched on what it takes to be a meteorologist and to sum it up, like one meteorologist said "Math is the language of meteorology".
Are these certifications given by the nws or through the university?
NWS :)
Next name is Wilfred the last name
AWIPS tutorial?
Or God forbid, mispronounce the county name!