[2] He is also known for contributing to the invention of the First Warning map graphic commonly used to show ongoing weather alerts without interrupting regular programming.

For England, one event stands out among the variety of memorable experience with western Oklahoma weather: the 1947 Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes which wiped out much of nearby Woodward, killing over 100 people.

[3][4] A few months later, KWTV introduced the first radar system specifically designed for television and during a live cut-in by England on May 24, 1973 for a tornado warning in Canadian County.

England is recognized, along with the firm Enterprise Electronics Corporation, as initiating development of the first commercial Doppler weather radar.

[2] There is a dispute by some sources, as there was an earlier radar bulletin issued by Gil Whitney of WHIO-TV in Dayton, Ohio during the April 3, 1974 Xenia tornado.

In 1991 England also helped create Storm Tracker, a computer program that provided the audience with the time of arrival of severe weather.

In 2007 England wrote and recorded part of the sound track for a weather oriented episode of the cable show Saving Grace.

The Daily Show followed up Inhofe's comments by playing the KWTV's "Calm During The Storm" promo where a family is running from a massive tornado, cowering in the basement, the family hears England's voice on the television and the mother says to her son (clutched in her hands) "OK baby, listen to Gary England, he's going to let us know" in which then host Jon Stewart mocks the scene with "Listen to Gary England— OR YOUR CHILDREN WILL DIE!"

He originated his own homespun phrase which became local folklore: "jump back, throw me down, Loretta...it's Friday night in the big town!"

[14] In the 1996 movie Twister, footage from a Gary England forecast on November 19, 1973 was featured in said film's dramatic opening scene After his retirement, he has been an active climate change denier, in spite of the overwhelming science supporting it.