Jennifer Watson

Jennifer is the weekend morning meteorologist at WHNT News 19. She has over three years of experience forecasting weather in the Southeast.

Jennifer grew up in Rochester, NY where she grew up shoveling feet of lake effect snow and dealing with below zero wind chills in the Winters. Her family moved to Raleigh, North Carolina while Jennifer was in high school. After graduation she attended East Carolina University where she graduated with a bachelor of science in Geography, a minor in mathematics and certificates in both Atmospheric Science and Geographic Information Systems. She then went to Mississippi State University where she taught GIS labs and did research for the Institute of Clean Energy Technology, along with studying and earning her Masters degree in Geosciences with a concentration in Broadcast Meteorology.

During her last semester at MSU she did the weekend weather at WTVA in Tupelo, MS, where after graduation she became a fulltime meteorologist and has worked for the past three years. While at WTVA, Jennifer covered one of the most historic tornado outbreaks in U.S. history on April 27th, 2011. Along with presenting weekday forecasts in Tupelo, Jennifer also worked part time at Hyperion Technology Group Inc. where she did research in the Great Plains chasing storms.

In her spare time, Jennifer loves to travel, storm chase and spend time with her family and friends.

Recent Articles

  • Scattered Flurries Possible

    Posted on: 10:25 am, December 29, 2012, by

    It is a bitterly cold Saturday morning, with temperatures in the mid to upper 30s, combined with a gusty northwest... Read More ›

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  • Storms Expected Christmas Afternoon & Night

    Posted on: 10:52 am, December 25, 2012, by , updated on: 10:53am, December 25, 2012

    Merry Christmas Everyone!  We are waking up to cold, foggy and dry conditions across the Tennessee Valley this morning.  A... Read More ›

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  • Valleywx.com: Strong Storms Possible On Christmas Day

    Posted on: 11:12 am, December 24, 2012, by

    TENNESSEE VALLEY (WHNT) – While everyone is putting the finishing touches on their holiday plans today, wrapping the last of... Read More ›

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  • Christmas Travel: A Wet & Wintry System

    Posted on: 10:42 am, December 22, 2012, by

    If you have plans to be on the road this weekend around the South, the weather will be changing quickly.... Read More ›

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  • A Close Look at Thursday’s Stormy Weather

    Posted on: 6:12 pm, December 18, 2012, by

    We have been talking about stormy weather coming in on Thursday for several days now, and we are starting to... Read More ›

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  • Apollo 17: 40th Anniversary of the Last Lunar Mission

    Posted on: 5:03 pm, December 11, 2012, by , updated on: 05:41pm, December 11, 2012

    (WHNT) – Forty years ago today, astronauts aboard Apollo 17 took their first steps on the moon. On the night... Read More ›

    Image Credit: NASA
  • Earth’s Closest Encounter With Jupiter Until 2021!

    Posted on: 8:35 pm, December 2, 2012, by

    Today, Earth will pass between Jupiter (the largest planet in our solar system) and the sun, which means planet Jupiter... Read More ›

    Source: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap950625.html
  • Near Record High Temperaures!

    Posted on: 9:10 am, December 2, 2012, by

    As you step out the door this morning, you may be thinking it’s springtime, rather than December. Morning lows for... Read More ›

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  • Valleywx.com: A Look Back at the 1989 Airport Road Tornado

    Posted on: 7:32 am, November 15, 2012, by , updated on: 07:36pm, November 15, 2012

    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 Airport Road tornado, one of the deadliest tornadoes... Read More ›

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  • Could Lake Guntersville Freeze Over Again? How To Be Prepared For This Winter

    Posted on: 4:30 pm, November 13, 2012, by , updated on: 10:36am, November 14, 2012

    Even though North Alabama and southern middle Tennessee don’t experience the harsh winters like the northern states, we still get... Read More ›

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  • Valleywx.com: Some Sleet or ‘Soft Hail’ Reported In Several Spots

    Posted on: 2:02 pm, November 7, 2012, by

    (WHNT) – We have been getting some reports of “hail” from several viewers over the past 30 minutes or so. ... Read More ›

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