LA CROSSE, Wis. – The National Weather Service (NWS) office in La Crosse, Wis. will be hosting a public open house on Saturday, September 7th, 2024 from 11am to 4pm. This will be a fun, free, rain or shine event for the whole family with the theme, “Unleash Your Inner Meteorologist!” In addition to guided office tours to showcase NWS forecast and warning services and equipment, the event will also feature plenty of outdoor activities and games for all ages. Additionally, there will be several raffles throughout the day for weather-related prizes.
Several NWS partner agencies and groups will also be present to demonstrate their unique
work and equipment for keeping the public safe. Those scheduled to participate include: the La
Crosse County Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Management, the La Crosse County Highway
Department, the La Crosse Fire Department, the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office and
Emergency Management, the American Red Cross, the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and amateur
radio groups.
Visitors can get an up close look at fire trucks, sheriff squad and incident command vehicles, a highway snow plow, and other unique rigs. WAFER Food Pantry will also be collecting voluntary non-perishable food donations to support the greater La Crosse community.
“We are so excited to be planning this open house event to promote weather safety and the
life-saving work that the National Weather Service and our partner agencies do each day in our
local communities,” said Mike Kurz, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at NWS La Crosse.
“We want our open house visitors to meet our dedicated NWS staff and see first hand how we
create the forecast and issue severe weather warnings for their community.”
Directions to NWS La Crosse and further open house details can be found at on the Weather Service website.
The National Weather Service’s La Crosse Forecast Office is the primary source of weather
data, forecasts, and warnings for over 900,000 people in 28 counties across portions of western
and central Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, and northeast Iowa. Together with its partners, the
National Weather Service is striving to build a Weather-Ready Nation that supports community
resilience in the face of increasing vulnerability to extreme weather.
Add comment