Dwight says he has always been addicted to the rush
of chasing storms. He earned his amateur radio license and got involved
with the Skywarn program in August of 2003. He said, "What got my attention
of storms was when my hometown of Culleoka, TN got hit by the F-3 tornado
on April 16th, 1998. I was luckily not in the area as it came through,
but got to see the destruction an hour after the storm had passed. I got
to see a tractor trailer rig blown over; trailer and all, and not to mention
some of the damage it did to some mobile homes. I
knew then that I wanted to be involved in tracking storms and help
the National Weather Service issue warnings in a quicker
manner of time." He coordinates
with the NWS's Jerry Orchanian in arranging spotter classes for Maury County,
TN. Dwight makes sure that the public gets a chance to attend classes in
his area. Dwight
is a spotter for the Storm 5 Weather Team and also provides one of the
Tennessee testing sites for the TSR Project. You will
sometimes see Dwight's pictures on NewsChannel 5 and sometimes you see
them in the Middle TN Weather news that is published by the
National Weather Service in Nashville, TN. You can see some of Dwight's pictures here. See more about Dwight's activities with the TSR Project here.
