Gary England
| Gary England | |
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| Born |
October 3, 1939 Seiling, Oklahoma |
| Alma mater | University of Oklahoma (B.S., 1965) |
| Occupation | former chief meteorologist for KWTV-DT (41+ years), Vice President of corporate relations and weather development for KWTV-DT's parent company, Griffin Communications LLC |
| Employer | KWTV-DT parent company Griffin Communications LLC |
| Known for | Tornado broadcasts and technological innovations |
| Notable work |
First Warning MOAR (Massive Output Array Radar) World's first Commercial Doppler Weather Radar Storm Tracker (Storm Tracking Software) I-News (discontinued computer software) Pathfinder (Doppler Weather Radar Software) StormShield9 (Doppler Weather Radar Software) |
| Parent(s) | Hazel and Lesley England |
| Awards | 3 Emmy awards National RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award for breaking news/weather, 2009 Oklahoma Hall of Fame Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame Governor's Humanitarian Award, 1999 Silver Circle Award |
| Notes | |
Gary England (born October 3, 1939) is the former chief meteorologist for KWTV (channel 9), the CBS-affiliated television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. England was the first on-air meteorologist to alert his viewers of a possible tornado using a commercial Doppler weather radar. He is also known for contributing to the invention of the First Warning map graphic commonly used to show ongoing weather alerts without interrupting regular programming. Currently, Gary is the Vice Presidient of Corporate Relations and Weather Development at Griffin Communications LLC, the parent company to KWTV-DT, although the company uses the same single-story building as the studio.
England was born in Seiling, Oklahoma to Hazel and Lesley England. He lived in Enid for a while but was mostly raised in the Seiling area. Like many meteorologists, a dramatic early experience with the weather shaped his interest. For England, one event stands out among the variety of memorable experience with western Oklahoma weather: the 1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes which wiped out much of nearby Woodward, killing over 100 people. He counts other weather, including tornadoes, blizzards, dust storms, flash floods, and wildfires, as piquing his interest in weather.
After graduating from high school, England joined the U.S. Navy at age 17, where he first began to study weather seriously. He attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated in 1965 with a B.S. in mathematics and meteorology. England then spent four years as a consulting meteorologist and oceanographer with A.H. Glenn and Associates in New Orleans.
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