Oscar Semadeni presented Helmut E. Landsberg Award

Thunderstorms in the Mid-Mississippi Valley and Florida; Fire Weather Concerns in the Northern Plains

Isolated severe storms capable of hail and gusty winds are possible mainly this evening across portions of the mid-Mississippi Valley. Clusters of thunderstorms may produce isolated flash flooding in the Florida peninsula. Elevated fire weather risk is possible in the Northern Plains into western Minnesota. Read More >

Oscar Semadeni
presented the
Helmut E. Landsberg Award.

Oscar has been observing the weather since 1949 from his farm about 15 miles southeast of Monticello, Utah. He received the John Campanius Holm Award for outstanding observations in 1979, and the Thomas Jefferson Award for outstanding and distinct service in 2001, the highest award a cooperative weather observer can get.

Oscar Semadeni presented with the Helmut E. Landsberg Award.

Oscar Semadeni (center) observer at Cedar Point, UT, with his wife Lila, was presented with the Helmut E. Landsberg Award. Presenting this 60 Year Length of Service Award was MIC Doug Crowley, NWS Grand Junction, CO.

Thunderstorms in the Mid-Mississippi Valley and Florida; Fire Weather Concerns in the Northern Plains

Oscar Semadeni presented Helmut E. Landsberg Award

Oscar Semadeni presented the Helmut E. Landsberg Award.

Oscar Semadeni
presented the
Helmut E. Landsberg Award.