Clint Morse introduced our guest speaker.
Paul Yura
Warning Coordination Meteorologist at National Weather Service.
Paul said he started at University of Texas but then had to finish up at Oklahoma University.
Paul says he is a UT fan thru & thru.
Paul opened with the power of Weather This map shows different areas of Weather Service offices.
This is the map of the 33 counties in Paul's area. This shows the Billion dollar weather Disasters. Texas leads
These are hazards of storms Lighting facts only 20 people killed in 2019.
Trees are not safe Does this mean men are greater risk takers?
Fatalities from flooding per county Coming off the hills makes Flash Flood Alley
Hail can damage Turn around don't drown.
Most of the drowning deaths are local people that get in a hurry.
Down drafts How down drafts work
Kerrville Damage 1985 down draft accident
Tornado types. Tornados happen from Central US to east coast
Data from Weather balloons. Only three cities Different equipment used for weather prediction
used to launch balloons Del Rio, Corpus Christi
and Dallas
We get a lot of weather from instruments on planes More data
With the Covid there has been a 75% drop in traffic making it more difficult to predict weather.
Ways to keep informed A Forecast
Paul said any questions your can call or email him.
Paul presented a great program that we got a lot out of.
