WFO SHV - Holm Award presented to William W. Ward of Dierks, Arkansas

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William W. Ward
awarded the Holm Award

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS HONORED WILLIAM W. WARD OF DIERKS, 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 34 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.

John Campanius Holm Award presentation made by the Shreveport National Weather Service Forecast Office to William W. Ward of Dierks, AR.

(L-R): Marion Kuykendall (Data Acquisition Program Manager), Armando Garza (Meteorologist in Charge), Wayne W. Ward (recipient), Melissa King (daughter), James White (city employee), and Mark Frazier (Warning Coordination Manager) not pictured.

MR. WILLIAM W. WARD HAS AN OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATION LOCATED AT THE LOUISIANA FORESTRY OFFICE IN DIERKS, ARKANSAS WHICH CONSISTS OF A U.S. STANDARD RAIN GAUGE. REPORTS OF THE PRECIPITATION 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 DIERKS.



MR. WARD 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 DEWAYNE MACK, A PROCLAMATION FROM DIERKS MAYOR TERRY MOUNTS.