Liz Leitman made history in February when she became the first woman to issue either a severe thunderstorm or tornado watch.
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio Watches and warnings are nothing new for the National Weather Service, but Liz Leitman, a Mesoscale Forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, made history in February when she became the first woman to issue either a severe thunderstorm or tornado watch.
Leitman talks with our meteorologists about the historic moment, how she became interested in the weather, and the importance of bringing more women into the field.Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team:
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