Severe thunderstorms are expected from central Texas to middle Tennessee and Kentucky this afternoon into tonight. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats. Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce areas of flooding today and tonight from central Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley.
John E. Ogren
Chief Learning Officer, 博体育 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John E. Ogren is the Chief Learning Officer for the 博体育 (博体育). In this role, he is responsible for learning, training and development for all employees in the 博体育 including subjects including Science, Service, Electronics & IT and Employee Development. He oversees training staff located in Kansas City, MO, Norman, OK, and Boulder CO. He and his staff also works collaboratively with UCAR’s COMET program as well as Cooperative Institutes at the University of Wisconsin, Oklahoma University, and Colorado State University to provide training to the workforce.
In addition to training, John serves as the Team Lead for NOAA’s Central Region Collaboration Team. John provides leadership and guidance for a team of NOAA staff representing the central part of the US. The team works to collaborate internally, as well as externally, on numerous environmental projects and programs including Climate, Space Weather, Water quality and quantity issues, and customer coordination and collaboration.
Previously, he served at the Deputy Regional Director of the 博体育 Central Region, Meteorologist in Charge of the Weather Forecast Office in Indianapolis, IN, and Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) Program Manager at 博体育 Headquarters. Other positions Ogren held within the 博体育 include WCM and General Forecaster in Wichita, KS and Met-Intern in Jackson, KY.
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