MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Originally from Leawood, KS, Jennifer’s interest in weather developed from growing up in the Midwest. She credits a key contribution was the Joplin, MO tornado in 2011. After traveling to Joplin to help with tornado relief efforts, she got to see a whole new side to the importance of severe weather coverage.
Jennifer is a graduate from Mississippi State University, where she received her Bachelors of Science in Geosciences with a concentration in Operational and Broadcast Meteorology in August 2019. While attending State her fascination grew with Tropical Meteorology, and she ventured to the coast to ride out Hurricane Nate during landfall in September 2017…