Sunday, March 27, 2022

MSU to host storms symposium

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State University’s Department of Geosciences will host the nation's top meteorologist April 2-3 for the 20th annual Southeast Severe Storms Symposium at the Old Main Academic Center. Meteorologists, students and weather experts will discuss, and learn, how severe weather impacts the region. About 150 participants are expected to attend the event organized by the East Mississippi chapters of the National Weather Association and American Meteorology Society. The symposium will feature four MSU meteorology alumni as keynote speakersJames Spann, chief meteorologist at ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Alabama; Amy Freeze, meteorologist for FOX Weather Streaming Service; Captain Will Simmons, Air Force 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (Hurricane Hunters); and Jennifer M. Call, an atmospheric analyst at Tennessee Valley Authority and Certified Consulting Meteorologist for the energy sector. Register by April 1 at 5 p.m. at http://www.eastmsnwaams.com/registration.html. On-site registration also will be available April 2. (Source: MSU 03/26/22)

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