National Weather Service Shreveport, Louisiana

National Weather Service Shreveport, Louisiana

National Weather Service - Shreveport, LA is a local weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions for counties in South Central and Southwestern Arkansas, North Central and Northwestern Louisiana, McCurtain County in Southeastern Oklahoma, and Eastern and Northeastern Texas. The current office in Shreveport maintains a WSR-88D (NEXRAD) radar system, and Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) that greatly improve forecasting in the region. Shreveport is in charge of weather forecasts, warnings and local statements as well as aviation weather. The name of the doppler radar (WSR-88D), used by this office is SHV. Mario Valverde is the Meteorologist-In-Charge (MIC) of this office.

NWS Team ^[1]

• Meteorologist-in-Charge (MIC) – Mario D. Valverde
• Administrative Support Assistant (ASA) – Jason Wtatt
• Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) – William (Bill ) Parker
• Science and Operations Officer (SOO) – Cynthia Palmer
• Electronic Systems Administrator (ESA) – Michael Waddell
• Information Technology Officer (ITO) – Matthew Duplantis
• Service Hydrologist – C. S. Ross
• Observations Program Leader – Aaron Stevens
• 5 Senior Forecasters
• 5 Journeymen Forecasters
• 2 Meteorological Interns
• 2 Electronics Technicians

NOAA Weather Radio Stations Programed by this office

• WXJ65 – Broken Bow, OK., 162.470 MHz
• WNG650 – Center, TX., 162.525 MHz
• KWN32 – Gilmer, TX., 162.425 MHz
• WXK23 – Lufkin, TX., 162.550 MHz
• WXJ96 – Monroe, LA., 162.550 MHz
• WNG725 – El Dorado, AR., 162.525 MHz
• WXN87 – Natchitoches, LA., 162.500 MHz
• WXJ97 – Shreveport, LA., 162.400 MHz
• WXJ49 – Texarkana, TX., 162.550 MHz
• WXK36 –Tyler, TX., 162.475 MHz
• WNG653 – Marietta, TX., 162.525 MHz

References

1. ↑ http://www.weather.gov/shv/?n=staff.htm

External links

• NWS Shreveport's Official Main Page
• NWS Shreveport's Official Facebook Page
• NWS Shreveport's Official Twitter Feed Page
• NWS Shreveport's Official YouTube Page