Meteorologist Doug Kammerer paused his live weather broadcast to warn his family about tornado warnings.
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Meteorologist Doug Kammerer paused his live weather broadcast to warn his family about tornado warnings.
James Morrow
Chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer paused his NBC Washington weather report Thursday night to call his family and notify them of a nearby tornado warning.
Kammerer was broadcast around 8:45 p.m. to do a lengthy weather report as the National Weather Service issued alert.
The road leads it “right to my house,” Kammerer said on the air with a mobile phone in hand as he stood in front of a weather map showing the storm’s trajectory.
Then Kammerer called home and his son answered.
The meteorologist told his son that the family should go down to the basement to be safe.
“I have to warn my kids,” Kammerer said after hanging up the phone and continuing the live weather report.
Well, had to warn my family! The kids are home alone and I know they don’t watch me on TV! They are safe. Thank you! However, the moment was scary for me, I panicked a little inside. https://t.co/To8mPxibBh
– Doug Kammerer (@dougkammerer) April 1, 2022
Minutes after Kammerer was aired again, the NWS canceled the tornado warning.
Meteorologist James Morrow of NWS headquarters in Silver Spring, is also under a tornado warning.
He was watching while Kammerer was on the phone Thursday on air.
“The decision to cut back was not an easy one for the stations, and meteorologists had to get permission to make it,” Morrow told NPR. “But as a consumer of their feed, and as a scientist who understands the risks of powerful tornadoes like this, it’s exciting to see this kind of coverage for what has It could have become a very serious situation.”
