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Joint
Ceremony to Dedicate a new NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards Transmitter
and West Texas Mesonet Station in Childress, TX
By Brian LaMarre
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
WFO Lubbock, TX
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On January 23, 2007, WFO Lubbock met with officials
from Childress, TX to conduct a dedication ceremony for the new NOAA
Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) transmitter. The ceremony was also a
joint effort, held with Texas Tech University (TTU), to dedicate the
50th weather observing and reporting station of TTU’s West Texas
Mesonet (WTM).
To read a more detailed news release describing
the weather radio recently installed in Childress click HERE.
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A panel of speakers and distinguished
guests can be seen at the Childress NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards
Dedication Ceremony in Childress, TX on January 23, 2007. From left
to right: Jennifer Foster, District Director for Senator Robert Duncan’s
Childress Office; Cary Preston, Childress Mayor; Justin Weaver, WFO
Lubbock Meteorologist-in-Charge; Brian LaMarre, WFO Lubbock Warning
Coordination Meteorologist; Wes Burgett, Manager of the Texas Tech
University West Texas Mesonet; Dave Oliver, KFDA Amarillo Chief Meteorologist.
As seen in the back row from right to left: Steve Drillette, WFO Amarillo
Warning Coordination Meteorologist; Jose Garcia, WFO Amarillo Meteorologist-in-Charge;
Mike Foster, WFO Norman Meteorologist-in-Charge. (Photograph by Gary
Skwira, WFO Lubbock Forecaster). |
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