WFO SHV - Holm Award presented to Billy Andrews of Shreveport, Louisiana

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Billy Andrews
awarded the Holm Award

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS HONORED BILLY ANDREWS OF SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA 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 27 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.

Armando Garza (right), Meteorologist-in-Charge, presenting Billy Andrews (left) with the John Campanius Holm Award.

A picture of Billy Andrews with his family and Marion Kuykendall and Armando Garza.

Billy Andrews with his family and Marion Kuykendall (far left) and Armando Garza (middle back) .

MR. BILLY ANDREWS HAS AN OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATION LOCATED AT HIS HOUSE IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA WHICH CONSISTS OF A U.S. STANDARD RAIN GAUGE AND A NIMBUS 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 LOUISIANA CLIMATIC DATA PUBLICATION FOR SHREVEPORT.



MR. ANDREWS RECEIVED A SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD WITH THE STATE SEAL FROM GOVERNOR KATHLEEN BLANCO, A CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JIM MCCRERY AND FROM U.S. SENATOR MARY LANDRIEU WITH THE U.S. EMBLEM, A STATE RESOLUTION WITH THE STATE SEAL FROM SENATOR DON HINES, A PROCLAMATION FROM SHREVEPORT MAYOR KEITH HIGHTOWER.