Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service Austin-San Antonio TX
Paul Yura was born and raised in Austin, went to school at the University of Texas before transferring to the University of Oklahoma where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology and attended graduate school. While going to school, he worked summers at the Austin Weather Service Office and the Norman Oklahoma NWS office. After graduation, Paul began his full time career with the National Weather Service in Brownsville TX as a forecaster. Paul transferred to the NWS office in Charleston SC in 2002 where he was a Lead forecaster and then Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM). In 2008 Paul accepted the Warning Coordination Meteorologist position at the Austin-San Antonio weather office. As WCM, his primary job is to be the liaison between the National Weather Service and local media, citizens, county, state, and federal agencies as well as conduct storm damage surveys and community outreach.