News Briefs Retirements Don Howard retired after 11 years as NSSL's Administrative Officer and over 28 years of federal service. Don is one of our most dedicated and conscientious employees. He remains with NSSL on a part-time basis through CIMMS, NSSL's cooperative institute with the University of Oklahoma. Rusty Devericks, NSSL's "jack of all trades" retired after 17 years at the Lab. Rusty was our overall utilities person and security officer who also did everything from sorting mail and handing out supplies to shoveling snow off the sidewalks. He went out of his way to assist employees and visitors alike. It was Rusty's mission to make sure all NSSL's visitors had a positive experience. Rusty was one of a kind. New Administrative Officer Jon Domstead comes to NSSL as our new Administrative Officer from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission where he was an internal audit manager. Jon has a B.S. in accounting from the University of Central Oklahoma and is a Certified Public Accountant. He lives in Norman with his wife Dana, who teaches at Lakeview Elementary and two sons, Grant (7) and Ryan (5). Keli Tarp honored for feature writing Keli Pirtle Tarp, APR, Public Affairs Coordinator with the NOAA Weather Partners in Norman, OK, was honored recently with the Upper Case Award in the feature story category by the Public Relations Society of America, Oklahoma Chapter. Her entry was an article titled, "The Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak" published in the Amateur Radio Journal "QST". John Daugherty honored NSSL's John Daugherty received the Outstanding Service Award from the National Association of Environmental Professionals for his work with the Board, the publications committee and the annual conferences over the last several years. Contributors to this issue: Ken Howard Mike Jain Kevin Kelleher Conrad Ziegler NSSL's web site can be found at: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov AUITI (Acronyms Used In This Issue) AMS - American Meteorological Society CAPS - The Center for the Analysis and Prediction of Storms CIMMS - Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies GIS - Geographic Information System NCEP - National Center for Environmental Prediction NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSF - National Science Foundation NSSL- National Severe Storms Laboratory NWS - National Weather Service NWSFO - National Weather Service Forecast Office OU - University of Oklahoma QPE-SUMS - Quantitative Precipitation Estimation and Segregation Using Multiple Sensors ROC - Radar Operations Center REU - Research Experience for Undergraduates SPC - Storm Prediction Center UCAR - University Corporation for Atmospheric Research WDSS-II - Weather Decision Support System - Integrated Information WSR-88D - Weather Surveillance Radar - 88 Doppler, same as NEXRAD

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