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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. |
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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 |
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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
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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