STORM TRACK: March 31, 1978 (Volume 1 Issue 3)

Richard E. Peterson, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science at Texas Tech University has kindly contributed the following map of Texas Panhandle radio stations which can aid in chasing. "... often a radio station will have a team of observers who report in live. Sometimes a station may broadcast live a telephone conversation with the Lubbock NWS radar concerning storm development." The Institute for Disaster Research there began storm chasing 2 years ago and plans to be "more venturesome this year," mainly in the Texas south plains and Panhandle.

(Ed. note: I strongly recommend that universities such as this, which sponsor storm chasing programs, should offer CPR training (discussed later in newsletter) to chasers. These individuals frequently expose themselves to lightning at times of maximum risk.)

AM radio stations in the Texas Panhandle. Note: Many of these stations are low wattage and operate dawn to dusk. Some have extensive programming in Spanish.