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Our Office Newsletter

Station Digest

A Time Line of the NWS in Wisconsin

The National Weather Service Forecast Office Milwaukee/Sullivan (KMKX) is located in Sullivan Township in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. The office is approximately 3 miles southeast of the town of Sullivan, 30 miles west of Milwaukee and 45 miles east of Madison. The Sullivan office has routine forecast and short-fused severe weather WARNING responsibility for southeast and south-central Wisconsin.

WSFO MKX Staff

Management / Support

    Stephen Brueske - Meteorologist-In-Charge (MIC)
    Kathy Elliott - Administrative Support Assistant (ASA)
    Rusty Kapela - Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM)
    Jeffrey Craven - Science Operations Officer - (SOO)
    Brian Hahn - Service Hydrologist
    Jerry Wiedenfeld - Information Technology Officer
    Curt Backlund - Electronic System Administrator (ESA)
    Rudy Schaar - Data Acquisition Program Manager (DAPM)

Operations
    Steve Hentz - Senior Forecaster
    Steve Davis - Senior Forecaster
    Marc Kavinsky - Senior Forecaster
    Bob McMahon - Senior Forecaster
    Mark Gehring - Senior Forecaster
    Marcia Cronce - General Forecaster
    Paul Collar - General Forecaster
    James Wood (AKA J.J.) - General Forecaster
    Denny VanCleve- General Forecaster
    Penny Zabel - Meteorologist Intern
    Bill Borghoff - Meteorologist Intern
    Chris Kuhlman - Meteorologist Intern
    Chris Franks - Meteorologist Intern
    Alex Lamers - SCEP
    Courtney Obergfell - SCEP

Electronics
    Curt Backlund - Electronic System Administrator (ESA)
    Chris Kornkven - Electronic Technician
    Travis Unkel - Electronic Technician


Cultural Diversity Staff Statement
Diversity is a subject that must be felt before it can be understood. Some feelings and opinions tend to change as we acquire more information, while others are so deep set that we are unaware of why they exist, or that we have them. We are all diverse, having idiosyncrasies which set us apart from everyone else. Understanding and accepting our own individual differences is the first step in recognizing others' differences.

Let us philosophically assess our feelings and assumptions based upon a reliance on reason and experience rather than tradition and by an emphasis on humanitarian and social progress.


  • National Weather Service
  • Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI Weather Forecast Office
  • N3533 Hardscrabble Road
  • Dousman, WI 53118
  • 414-744-8000
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  • Page last modified: March 6th 2009 7:37 PM
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