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The National Weather Service in Central Illinois is located in Lincoln, IL just 5 miles east of Interstate 55 at the Lincoln Airport. The office is home to the WSR-88D, the advanced NWS Doppler weather radar system.
 

The NWS Central Illinois office issues forecasts, aviation forecasts and severe weather warnings for 35 counties in central and east central Illinois.
Click here (131k--JPG) for a map of neighboring offices areas of responsibility in Illinois.

For more information about Lincoln, Illinois check out our NWS Station Digest.

About our staff
 

Here is a list of the people who make up the staff, and some of their specialties.

* Administrative Staff

Ernest Goetsch Meteorologist-in-Charge
Chris Miller Warning Coordination Meteorologist
Llyle Barker Science and Operations Officer
Billy Ousley Data Acquisition Program Manager
Ed Martin Electronics Systems Analyst
Chris Fotinos Information Technology Officer
Patty Peifer Administrative Support Assistant


*Lead Forecasters

James Auten AWIPS, Satellite, Computer systems
Patrick Bak Homepage team, NOAA Weather Radio team, Storm Data/Verification
Brad Churchill  
Tony Hall Forecast issues, Hydrology team
Dan Smith HAM Radio Operations, EMWIN, Hydrology


*Forecasters

Melissa Byrd Storm Data/Verification, Radar, Backup Operations, Newsletter
Ed Holicky Outreach programs, Graduate Studies, Illinois Educational CD-ROM, Aviation, Climate team
Kirk Huettl Climate, Winter Weather, Webmaster,  EEO/Diversity assistant
Lucy Plahmer EEO/Diversity, Interactive Forecast Preparation System (IFPS), Homepage team, AWIPS team


*Hydrometeorological Technicians

Chris Geelhart NOAA Weather Radio, Climate assistant, COOP Database Entry, AWIPS team
John Parr Upper Air assistant, COOP Program, Environmental Compliance


*Meteorologist Interns

Matt Barnes Surface QC Assistant, SWOP, Storm Data/Verification, Homepage team
Dan Kelly Surface QC, Upper Air, ASOS, Aviation Assistant, Hydrology Assistant


*Electronics Technicians

Gary Jones NOAA Weather Radio team
Eric Repaal Safety issues

 



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WFO Central Illinois
1362 State Route 10
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