Ken Graham Named Meteorologist-in-Charge of National Weather Service Forecast Office in Slidell
 Ken Graham has been appointed Meteorologist-in-Charge of the New Orleans/Baton Rouge forecast office in Slidell, LA. Graham replaces Paul Trotter, who transferred to National Weather Service headquarters in Silver Spring, MD..
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Little Rock, Ark. Hydrologist Receives Gregg Rishel Award
 Steven Bays, service hydrologist at the National Weather Service forecast office in Little Rock, Ark. has been named the latest recipient of the Gregg Rishel Award. The award is named for Gregg B. Rishel, who made numerous important contributions to the National Weather Service hydrologic mission; and, was well known for his...
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Wildfires Claim Two Million Acres in National Weather Service Southern Region
 Since the beginning of the year, more than two million acres have been consumed by 27,000 wildfires in the National Weather Service's Southern Region. While portions of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico have all been affected, the state of Texas has sustained the heaviest losses.
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West Gulf River Forecast Center Hosts Hydrologists Conference in Fort Worth
 More than two dozen hydrologists from the NOAA National Weather Service Office of Climate, Weather and Water Services; Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Regions; and, the agency's 13 River Forecast Centers met in Fort Worth to kick off the 2008 National Weather Service Hydrologists Conference.
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National Weather Service Recognizes Carrollton, Texas as a StormReady® Community
 National Weather Service officials have recognized Carrollton, Texas as a StormReady® community. Bill Bunting, meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service forecast office in Fort Worth, presented city officials with a recognition letter and special StormReady signs during a July 15 ceremony in the city council chamber.
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