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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
945 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006

PRESS RELEASE

    LAURA MCCOIN OF THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN CLARKSVILLE, TX 
RECEIVED RECOGNITION FOR 10 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AS A NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE VOLUNTEER OBSERVER OBSERVER AT CLARKSVILLE, 
TEXAS THURSDAY AT 12 PM 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.

    MS. MCCOIN HAS AN OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATION AT 
THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN CLARKSVILLE, WHICH CONSISTS OF A 
DIGITAL FISHER PORTER GAGE THAT RECORDS RAINFALL DIGITALLY AND A 
AUTOMATED TIPPING RAIN GAGE FOR COLLECTING AND RECORDING 
DATA...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 TEXAS CLIMATIC DATA PUBLICATION FOR CLARKSVILLE.

    THE WORK DONE BY MS. MCCOIN 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 
MS. MCCOIN ON A JOB WELL DONE. 


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