SELSKC -The 1954-1997 Era in Kansas City Weather Ops

The File Cabinet begins with mostly empty drawers but over time each drawer such as Unit by Unit and My Big Day will take you to a list of items contributed by current and former staff members. A work in progress over years - not mere months. Photo: the SELS and District forecast areas of the late 60s - J. J. Woodside standing speaking to District Forecaster Burt Handy - I think. Corrections welcome to this and any misplaced names.

Unit by Unit ( 3 items ) Filing Cabinet - Unit by Unit This is the meat of the website - a permanent home for your recollections "unit by unit" of the work, tools and personnel associated with the many forecast and support units that operated as part of Kansas City's operational forecast offices - concentrating on the 1954 to 1997 era but some spillover before and afer is likely and welcome. Within each unit's folder the goal is to have an account of the formation or early days of the work unit, the jobs and tools decade by decade and recollections of the personnel, the people that gave life to each unit. You'll find several units mentioned below and the list will expand as more unit narratives are available to include in this important section. Unit by unit - contributed person by person and month by month. Entry via the appropriate Forum category or by email to: rjw@selskc.net . Road to Kansas City ( 2 items ) Filing Cabinet - Road to Kansas City Center employees describe their route to Kansas City. Early interests, schooling, military service, prior jobs and what led to arrival in Kansas City. . My Big Day ( 1 items ) Filing Cabinet - My Big Day This category or drawer of the Filing Cabinet will contain folders describing the big days - personal accounts of significant weather events local to the Kansas City area such as the Plaza Flood and the Ruskin Heights tornado as well as major severe weather outbreaks across the United States. New articles, formerly published accounts and informal recollections are welcome. Items may be entered via the Forum and migrated to this section by site admin or may be emailed to the website for inclusion here. The more the better. Images may be included - croping and resizing images to no more than 700 x 700 is recommended. .

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