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DAVID K. HOADLEY
Hoadley has become well known in weather circles over the past few years. In addition to publishing his bimonthly newsletter, he’s appeared on the program of the Tenth Conference on Severe Local Storms held in Omaha, Nebraska, to show and discuss his slides. He's had photographs published in the National Geographic book. “Powers of Nature,” and in a German magazine, "Geo.” More recently, he had a lengthy article, “A Tropical Storm David Tornado in Fairfax County,” printed in the April, 1981, issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, a publication usually reserved for professional meteorologists.
“Mr. Hoadley is not a meteorologist — legally however, he is fantastic at judging tornado activity prior to a hit.” said Lester. His expertise has been recognized locally. With scores of meteorologists available, the Weather Service called Hoadley to assess a tornado that touched down recently in Chantilly.
But its the thrill of the storm, not the thrill of public recognition, that provides the push toward his unusual hobby. "It’s the overall majesty of these great storms, which can grow to ten miles high in less than an hour and bring darkness in the middle of a sunny afternoon; that can produce grapefruit size hail, ball lightning and hurricane force straight winds as well as tornadoes up to a half mile wide, lifting 70 ton railway cars from their tracks.” Hoadley said.
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