Chris Broyles

[1] In 1994, Broyles was hired as an intern at the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Jackson, Kentucky.

[1] Following his internship, Broyles was hired as a forecaster at the NWS office in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

[1] Throughout his career forecasting at the SPC, Broyles issued 13 High Risk Outlooks, with 10 verifications.

[1] Following verification of this High Risk, the United States Department of Commerce awarded Broyles with a Silver Medal.

Besides academic publications, Broyles led a team of twenty others to create the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Violent Tornado webpage, which documented more than 200 tornado outbreaks throughout the United States' history.