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For his ‘‘unselfish contributions to increase the safety of citizens when severe weather threatens,” David Hoadley was presented recently with the National Weather Service’s highest volunteer honor, the Public Service Award.
Hoadley is a dedicated storm chaser. In a mutual agreement with his wife Nancy, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Latham of Amissivlle, he takes his vacations alone each year and drives to an area which, according to weather patterns he has charted, is due for turbulent, weather—usually the midwest—for storm chasing. At his own expense, he takes pictures which he shares with meteorological services and organizations. In addition, he prints large photographs of the storm area and gives copies to persons whose home or property was affected.
Hoadley is also publisher of a small newsletter, “Storm Track, which he writes and distributes. “The information he compiles is helpful and often enlightening to meteorologists who work fulltime on tornadoes,” reported Charna Lester of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
In presenting the Public Service Award, Richard Hallgren, director of the National Weather Service, noted that Hoadley has increased warning lead time during tornado threats by supplying valuable visual material and assisting the Weather Service in developing a commentary and glossary to improve spotter training.
Some of Hoadley's material has been incorporated into “Tornado, A Spotter's Guide,” a new publication which is expected to greatly increase the quality of observations of National Weather Service trained severe storm spotters.
Weather has been Hoadley's passion for 24 years of storm chasing. When he's not following on the trail of twisters, he’s a program planner and budget analyst for the Environmental Protection Agency, residing in Falls Church with Nancy and their 7 year old daughter, Sarah Kerns. In his spare time between storms, he draws Little Fox cartoons for the Rappahannock News.
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