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ad Hurricane Awareness Tour - Jackson
National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

                                 

Hurricane experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will visit five U.S. Gulf Coast locations, flying aboard a USAF Reserve WC-130J hurricane hunter aircraft and a NOAA WP-3D Orion aircraft, to raise awareness of the impacts from tropical cyclones threats and the danger of being caught without a personal hurricane plan. The 2023 Hurricane Awareness Tour is scheduled to stop in Jackson, Mississippi.

 


Event Information


What: 2023 Hurricane Awareness Tour

Where: Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport

                 across from the cell phone lot

When: Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Things To Do: 

  • Tour Hurricane Hunter aircraft
  • Meet the pilots & flight crew
  • Speak with hurricane forecasters
  • Meet with local National Weather Service meteorologists
  • Walk through exhibits from various agencies & organizations
  • Learn about weather safety & preparedness

About the Planes

WC-130J - "Hercules"

The WC-130J is a high-wing, medium-range aircraft used in weather reconnaissance missions. This plane is configured to penetrate tropical disturbances and storms, hurricanes and winter storms and obtains data on the movement, size and intensity of these systems. The WC-130J is the weather data collection platform for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. It carries a minimal crew of five: pilot, co-pilot, navigator, aerial reconnaissance weather officer and weather reconnaissance loadmaster. The crew collects and reports weather data as often as every minute.

 

 

WP-3D - "Orion"

The versatile turboprop aircraft is equipped with a variety of scientific instrumentation, radars, and recording systems for both in-situ and remote sensing measurements of the atmosphere, the earth, and its’ environment. Orion aircraft collects low-altitude data to fill gaps in data not available from ground-based radar or satellite imagery.


Schedule

  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM         Media Briefing
  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM       VIP/Media USAF/NOAA Aircraft Tour
  • 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM         Student Aircraft Tours 
  • 10:00 AM – Noon           Scheduled Media Interviews

Directions & Parking

 

Parking will be available across from the cell phone parking lot at the Jackson Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport.


Participants

 

List of NOAA/NWS People: National Hurricane Center Director Mike Brennan, National Hurricane Center Deputy Director Jamie Rhome, National Hurricane Center forecasters, USAF hurricane hunter crew members, NOAA aircraft crew members, National Weather Service Jackson Meteorologist in Charge Bill Parker, National Weather Service Jackson meteorologists

 

List of Partners: American Red Cross, City of Jackson, Jackson Municipal Airport Authority, Jackson State University, Mississippi Air National Guard, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, Mississippi State University, Salvation Army

 

Media Partners: Boswell Media, iHeartMedia Jackson, WAPT, WCBI, WDAM, WJTV, WTOK

 


Hurricane Information and Safety

 

 

Links:

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Jackson is just one stop on the 2023 Hurricane Awareness Tour!

       








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