The 2004 Hazardous Weather Awareness Poster Contest was sponsored by:

• Florida Emergency Preparedness Association
• Florida's American Red Cross Chapters
• Florida's National Weather Service Offices
• Jacksonville Forecast Office
• Key West Forecast Office
• Melbourne Forecast Office
• Miami / South Florida Forecast Office
• Mobile / Pensacola Forecast Office
• Tallahassee Forecast Office
• Tampa Bay Forecast Office
• State of Florida Division of Emergency Management
• State of Florida Department of Education

Any fourth or fifth grader in Florida could submit their poster to be judged in this statewide contest. The contest was part of the 2004 Hazardous Weather Awareness Week activities.

	LET THE JUDGING BEGIN!
	279 posters from 15 counties were submitted as part of Florida's 2004 Hazardous Weather Awareness Week Poster Contest.
	The first step was to choose the best posters from each county.
	Each of the judges had their favorites.
	Weekend Meteorologist from Tallahassee's Channel 6, Matt Ballentine, sifts through a stack of posters.
	Bob Goree, Warning Coordination Meteorologist Tallahassee Forecast Office National Weather Services, surveys various posters
	One of Bob's favorites!
	Richard Smith, Leon County Emergency Management (left) and Bob Goree (right) review the next batch of posters.
	Matthew Green, Meteorologist for the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management finds a poster he truly likes.
	Matthew continues his search for the PERFECT POSTER.
	Gail Banister, Disaster Services Mitigation Specialist from the Capital Area Chapter (standing) prepares additional posters for judging.
	Morning Meteorologist for Tallahassee's Channel 27, Casanova Nurse (front) looks for his perfect poster.
	LUNCH TIME!
	Julie Collins with the Safe Schools Office at the State of Florida Department of Education, chooses a poster of TORY the Tornado as one of her favorites.
	ON
	AND ON
	AND ON
	until the judges narrow the number of potential winning posters.
	After two hours of judging the number of finalists were cut to 14. Then can the truly difficult part of the judging, to chose the best of the best!
	THIRD PLACE Kori Nelson Skyline Elementary School Cape Coral Florida
	SECOND PLACE Ashlan Snyder Jacksonville Florida
	FIRST PLACE Joanna Modesto Hammock Point Elementary School Boca Raton Florida
	The pannel of judges with the three winning posters.

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