National Weather Service, Wilmington, Ohio, worked with Ohio Math Works on the Weather Lessons. All NWS offices are staffed around the clock, throughout the year, to provide us with the most complete, accurate and up-to-the-minute forecasts of weather and severe storms.

The primary mission for the NWS office is to oversee the warnings and forecasts for 52 counties in southwest Ohio, northern Kentucky, and southeastern Indiana. They also handle aviation forecasts for four airports.

The state of Ohio is divided into five sections, each of which is served by a different National Weather Service Office. The breakdown at the bottom of this page will help you find the NWS office near you.

Tom Johnstone
Senior Forecaster

National Weather Service, Wilmington, Ohio
After experiencing the 1974 tornado firsthand -- seeing nature’s power and the resulting destruction -- Tom Johnstone wanted to know more. Even as a child, he watched thunderstorms and followed weather changes. His hobby became a career when he received a meteorology degree from Ohio State University. Tom’s first job out of college was as a Satellite Meteorologist in Washington, D.C. He joined the National Weather Service as an intern Meteorologist and eventually was promoted to his current position.

Mary Jo Parker
Warning Coordination Meteorologist

NEXRAD Weather Service Forecast Office, Wilmington, Ohio
Mary Jo Parker received her B.S. degree in Meteorology from the State University of New York, College at Oneonta and then joined the National Weather Service as a meteorological intern in Columbia, South Carolina. Ms. Parker was promoted to forecaster in 1980, and soon after became the Warning Preparedness Meteorologist for South Carolina. She was promoted to her current position at the Wilmington office in 1994.

Julie Dian-Reed
Service Hydrologist

National Weather Service, Wilmington Ohio
Julie Dian-Reed graduated from Indiana University in 1990 with a Bachelor’s degree in Meteorology and earned an M.S. in Climatology from the University of Illinois in 1992. She soon joined the National Weather Service as a meteorologist intern. In 1994, Ms. Dian-Reed started with the Ohio River Forecast Center as a hydrologic intern, and has since been promoted to the position of Service Hydrologist.

 

Click on the county in which you live to connect directly with the web site of the National Weather Service office that tracks the weather for your community.

The National Weather Service Office in Cleveland serves the following counties:
Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Hancock, Holmes, Huron, Knox, Lake, Loraine, Lucas, Mahoning, Marion, Medina, Morrow, Ottawa, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Seneca, Sandusky, Trumbull, Wayne, Wood, Wyandot

The National Weather Service Office in Northern Indiana serves the northwestern part of the state, including Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, Williams

The Pittsburgh office of the National Weather Service handles a portion of east central Ohio:
Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble, and Tuscarawas Counties.

The Charleston, West Virginia, office of the National Weather Service handles the southeastern portion of the station, including the counties of: Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, and Washington

And the National Weather Service Office in Wilmington covers the following counties in southwestern Ohio: Adams, Auglaise, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union, and Warren

WDTN, Channel 2 in Dayton, is celebrating 50 years on the air. WDTN is the flagship station for a division of Sunrise Communications, and prides itself on providing the Dayton community with nationally-award winning news reports with round-the-clock news operation. The station boasts live trucks, satellite equipment and a helicopter — all aimed at bringing Miami Valley viewers the news they want and need, first and fast.

Channel 2 is truly a hometown station, sponsoring events at the National Folk Festival, teaming up with viewers to collect for needy families, and working annually with United Cerebral Palsy to raise millions for UCP patients. For a closer look at WDTN, check out their website at http://www.wdtn.com/

Carl Nichols
Chief Meteorologist,WDTN

Chief Meteorologist Carl Nichols, the Miami Valley’s most experienced weather expert, has been forecasting local weather for over 20 of his 29 years as a meteorologist. Carl heads up Storm Team 2's weather coverage on 2News at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. weeknights. He came to WDTN in 1977 from Youngstown, Ohio, and has also worked in Chicago for the Central Weather Service. He is a graduate of the U.S. Navy School of Meteorology and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from the University of South Florida. Carl is a member of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society.

Brian Davis
Meteorologist,WDTN

Brian Davis joined WDTN Channel 2 in July, 1982. As a member of “Storm Team 2,” he is the meteorologist for 2News This Morning and 2News at Noon weekdays. Prior to coming to Channel 2, Brian worked at Weather Station, Inc., in Norman, Oklahoma. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society. A native of Troy, Ohio, he has a B.S. in Atmospheric Science from Purdue University.