ATLANTA — Channel 2 Action News Chief Meteorologist Glenn Burns hosts “Weathering the Storm.” The program highlights the main weather threats that Georgians see: tornadoes, lightning, hail and strong winds. Burns and Severe Weather Team 2 reveal in great detail how they forecast and track the dangerous weather as it begins to develop. Viewers will also get an inside look at Severe Weather Center 2 like they’ve never seen it before.
Meteorologist Brad Nitz walks viewers through the equipment and shows how that technology works together to help them create accurate forecasts and earlier warnings. There are different types of lightning strikes and meteorologist Karen Minton gives viewers a unique perspective on the types that start house fires and what to do when a storm approaches.
Recent tornadoes in Georgia and around the country have been deadly and meteorologist Katie Walls will give viewers an up-close look at the destruction left behind by many of them. Chief Meteorologist Glenn Burns gets a look at new technology being researched and developed that can be used for the hail, winds and twisters occurring here.
“Channel 2’s Severe Weather Team’s number one priority is to help viewers keep their families safe,” said Tim McVay, vice president and general manager of Channel 2 WSB-TV. “We are constantly updating the equipment in Severe Weather Center 2 to deliver the most accurate forecast and earliest warnings. We invite local viewers to watch and learn what to do to prepare before dangerous weather rolls through Georgia.”
WHAT: Weathering the Storm
WHO: Chief Meteorologist Glenn Burns and Severe Weather Team 2
WHERE: Channel 2, WSB-TV
About Channel 2 WSB-TV The ABC Affiliate is part of Cox Media Group and ranks as Atlanta's number one local television station. The station also operates its website, wsbtv.com, its mobile site, m.wsbtv.com, plus News, Weather and Traffic Apps, and airs MeTV on its digital sub-channel 2.2. WSB-TV also provides news, weather and traffic on Twitter @WSBTV and on WSB-TV's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wsbtv
About Cox Media Group
Cox Media Group is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of CoxReps. Additionally, CMG owns Cox Target Media, which operates Valpak, one of North America's leading direct marketing companies, and Savings.com, a leading online source for savings. The company's operations currently include 14 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 57 radio stations, eight daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services. CMG currently operates in more than 20 media markets and reaches approximately 52 million Americans weekly, including more than 30 million TV viewers, more than 3.5 million print and online newspaper readers, and more than 14 million radio listeners. For more information about Cox Media Group, please check us out online at www.coxmediagroup.com.