November 19, 2008: Winter Weather Workshop

  The NWS Office in Paducah held a winter weather workshop today at Kentucky Lake.  There were about 80 people in attendance.  A great crowd!  They discussed hurricane Ike and its wind impact on this region, the forecast for the winter, nocturnal tornadoes, flash flooding and public awareness, workshop surveys from earlier this year and last, and more.

Beverly Pool from the NWS introducing Rick Shanklin

Rick Shanklin discussing nocturnal tornadoes

Katheryn Martin from Evansville, Indiana discussing a program she helped start called CJ’s Bus – in memory of her
son that was killed in one of the recent tornadoes that hit Indiana.

Christine Wielgos – discussing customer service workshop

Pat Spoden discussing Ike’s winds and the damage across our region

Large crowd at Patti’s – Kentucky Lake

Rick Shanklin introducing Mike York to discuss the upcoming winter weather and the big ice storm last year

Mike York discussing the upcoming winter weather forecast

Mary Lamb discusses hydrology.