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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1000 AM CDT WED APR 19 2006

PRESS RELEASE

MR. DANNY WILCOX RECEIVED RECOGNITION FOR 15 YEARS OF 
DEDICATED SERVICE AS A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VOLUNTEER OBSERVER 
OBSERVER AT LEWISVILLE, ARKANSAS TODAY AT 10 AM CDT. A CITATION FOR 
SERVICE AND A LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WAS PRESENTED BY MARION 
KUYKENDALL, DATA ACQUISITION PROGRAM MANAGER, FROM SHREVEPORT, 
LOUISIANA.

MR. WILCOX HAS AN OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATION AT HIS 
HOME, WHICH CONSISTS OF A U.S. STANDARD RAIN GAGE, A MAXIMUM/MINIMUM 
DIGITAL THERMOMETER, AND A DIGITAL FISHER PORTER GAGE THAT RECORDS 
RAINFALL DIGITALLY.  REPORTS OF THE PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES 
ARE ENTERED INTO A COMPUTER USING WXCODER OFF THE INTERNET 
DAILY...WHILE A SUMMARY OF THE REPORTS ARE RECEIVED THROUGH THE 
COMPUTER AT THE SHREVEPORT OFFICE EACH MONTH. THERE THE DATA IS 
PROCESSED AND SENT ON TO THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC CENTER IN ASHEVILLE, 
NORTH CAROLINA WHERE IT IS COMPUTER PROCESSED, ARCHIVED AND 
PUBLISHED IN THE ARKANSAS CLIMATIC DATA PUBLICATION FOR LEWISVILLE.

THE WORK DONE BY MR. WILCOX AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE NATION 
MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE TO 
MAKE IN-DEPT STUDIES OF WEATHER TRENDS AND TO FORECAST FLOODING 
DURING VIOLENT STROM PERIODS.

THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, U.S DEPARTMENT 
OF COMMERCE AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONGRATULATES MR. WILCOX ON
A JOB WELL DONE. 


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