WFO SHV - Holm Award presented to Wilmer Ray Bailey of Jena, Louisiana

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Wilmer Ray Bailey of Jena, LA
Awarded the John Campanius Holm Award

On October 20th, the National Weather Service honored Wilmer Ray Bailey of Jena, Louisiana for his outstanding contribution to the field of Meteorology as a volunteer weather observer. Mr. Bailey has acted as a model weather observer, supporting the National Weather Service office in Shreveport, LA with over 38 years of dedicated service.

The John Campanius Holm Award is one of the highest honors the National Weather Service presents to its volunteer weather observers. Created in 1959, it was developed to recognize the outstanding contribution observers made to the field of Meteorology. The Holm award is bestowed annually to no more than 25 observers of a nation-wide network of more than 12,000.

John Campanius Holm Award presentation made by the Shreveport National Weather Service Forecast Office to Wilmer Ray Bailey of Jena, LA.

(L-R): Armando Garza (Meteorologist in Charge), Wilmer Ray Bailey (recipient), Marion Kuykendall (Data Acquisition Program Manager), Malcolm Moreau (LSU State Climatology) of Baton Rouge, and Tom Konvicka (TV Meteorologist) from Alexandria, LA.

Mr.Wilmer Ray Bailey has an official National Weather Service station located at his house in Jena, Louisiana. His station consists of a U.S. standard rain gauge, a new Fisher Porter rain gauge, and a Nimbus digital thermometer. Reports of temperature and precipitation at his station are submitted via computer daily, where the information is processed and archived. This data is later published in the Louisiana Climatic Data Pubication for Jena.

The John Campanius Holm Award was presented to Wilmer Ray Bailey on October 20th.


In addition to the Holm Award, Mr. Bailey also received recognition for his service from members of the state and federal government. (Left) A Certificate of Recognition from Gov. Kathleen Blanco. (Right) A Certificate of Congressional Recognition signed by Congressman Rodney Alexander.