Storm Chaser to Knoxville and Pella

On Monday, January 14, Jason Parkin visited a homeschoolers' group at the Knoxville Public Library, as well as a group of middle-schoolers at Pella Christian. Pics can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/80586071@N00/

Classic Storm Chasers

KCCI's Storm Team is on their second generation of Avalanches thanks to Karl Chevrolet in Ankeny. For pictures of our first fleet, click here

Schoolnet Fixin'

Jason Parkin made some Schoolnet maintenance stops in Barnum, Humboldt and LuVerne in November. With wires, electronics and bearings involved, our instruments sometimes need some t.l.c...

A Few November Pics

Meteorologist Jason Parkin made many Schoolnet and school talk stops in November. Some of the sites included were Grimes, Pella Christian, and Ogden Middle School.

Lotsa School Stops

KCCI meteorologists Bryan Karrick and Jason Parkin made many stops at central Iowa schools during the month of November. Bryan made a trip to Ankeny to talk to youngsters there. Jason went to Kate Mitchell and St. Cecilia schools in Ames and made maintenance stops in Madrid, Boone and Baxter

Norwoodville Visit

On December 5th, meteorologist Jason Parkin took his Karl Chevrolet Storm Chaser to Des Moines' east side and Norwoodville Elementary. See his pictures here

KCCI's Karl Chevrolet Storm Chasers

KCCI has partnered with Karl Chevrolet in Ankeny to help our meteorologists better keep track of severe weather moving across Iowa with an entire fleet of Storm Chasers. Information on the trucks can be found here: http://www.kcci.com/weather/3369073/detail.html

In the future, I'll be keeping you up-to-date regarding our storm chases and the visits our trucks make to area schools and community groups.

-Jason Parkin