The National Weather Service in Paducah recently welcomed the Caldwell County Office of Emergency Management as a Weather-Ready Nation (WRN) Ambassador.
Officials with the Paducah weather service say Weather-Ready Nation Ambassadors are leaders in their communities who serve to amplify and expand the reach of messages from the National Weather Service, including weather safety, seasonal weather information, climatology information, service changes, and other similar information. They add the Weather-Ready Nation Ambassadors program is also a collaboration between the National Weather Service and community organizations to collaborate on building community resilience to extreme weather by providing information for better decision making.
Retired Warning Coordination Meteorologist Rick Shanklin with the Paducah office previously told the News Edge any local entity could walk alongside the National Weather Service office.
click to download audioShanklin also said its easy for anyone to become an ambassador.
click to download audioShanklin said the program does not send daily weather or hazardous weather updates. Instead, they send information you can use and share with your partners, customers, and stakeholders to help them with extreme weather planning. Information distributed through the program can be used in news stories, broadcasts, and other media you produce.
As a bonus of being a Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador, those Ambassadors in the NWS Paducah service area receive a seasonal newsletter, heads-up notifications when hazardous weather is expected in the coming days, and recognition on NWS Paducah’s social media pages upon joining the program.
Caldwell County Emergency Manager Joey McCaslin told the News Edge he and Deputy Emergency Manager Phillip Franklin recently attended advanced training at the governor’s emergency management conference in Louisville.
