THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS HONORED JAY
BUNYARD OF DE QUEEN, ARKANSAS FOR HIS OUTSTANDING
CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD OF METEOROLOGY AS A VOLUNTEER
WEATHER OBSERVER FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA FOR OVER 22
YEARS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PRESENTED THE
JOHN CAMPANIUS HOLM AWARD,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST AWARD THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PRESENTS TO VOLUNTEER OBSERVERS; NO
MORE THAN 25 HOLM AWARDS ARE GIVEN ANNUALLY. THE
AWARD WAS CREATED IN 1959 AS A WAY FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TO HONOR COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVERS FOR OUTSTANDING
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE FIELD OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
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John Campanius Holm Award presentation
made by the Shreveport National Weather Service
Forecast Office to Jay Bunyard of De Queen, AR.
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Marion Kuykendall (Data Acquisition Program
Manager) presents Jay Bunyard with many different
certificates and letters congratulating on this
hard work.
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MR. JAY BUNYARD HAS AN OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE STATION LOCATED AT THE RADIO STATION IN DE QUEEN,
ARKANSAS WHICH CONSISTS OF A U.S. STANDARD RAIN GAUGE
AND A MAXIMUM/MINIMUM THERMOMETER. REPORTS OF THE PRECIPITATION
AND TEMPERATURES ARE ENTERED DAILY...WHILE A SUMMARY OF
THE DAILY OBSERVATIONS ARE RECEIVED THROUGH THE COMPUTER
AT THE SHREVEPORT OFFICE EACH MONTH. THERE THE DATA IS
COMPUTER PROCESSED, ARCHIVED AND PUBLISHED IN THE ARKANSAS
CLIMATIC DATA PUBLICATION FOR DE QUEEN.
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MR. BUNYARD RECEIVED
AN CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM ARKANSAS
GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE AND FROM U.S. SENATOR BLANCHE
LINCOLN, A CITATION FROM STATE SENATOR JIM HILL AND
STATE REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT SULLIVAN, A PROCLAMATION
FROM DE QUEEN MAYOR BILLY RAE MCKELVY.
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