Texas Coordinators
   

Texas State Co-Coordinator
Troy Kimmel  (CoCoRaHS Station Observer: TX-TV-1)
Senior Lecturer, Studies in Weather and Climate
Department of Geography and the Environment
College of Liberal Arts
University of Texas at Austin
Phone: (512) 232-1590
Email: tkimmel@mail.utexas.edu
  Texas State Co-Coordinator
William (Bill) Runyon (CoCoRaHS Station Observer: TX-CLD-1)
Retired, National Weather Service
Email: Texas.CoCoRaHS@austin.rr.com

Local County Coordinators

If you are interested in becoming a local county coordinator in Texas (within the regions below).. please contact...
   ... the regional coordinator listed below, or..
   ... Troy Kimmel or Bill Runyon (Texas State Co-Coordinators), or..
  ... you may email  info@cocorahs.org.

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Texas Regions

Since Texas is such a large state, CoCoRaHS in Texas is broken up into geographic regions with regional coordinators for each of these areas.

Amarillo Region

Regional Coordinator:
Tabatha Tripp, Observation Program Leader (OPL) 

NOAA/National Weather Service
Amarillo, TX
806-335-1835 x225
tabatha.tripp@noaa.gov

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any):
Armstrong County
Carson County
Collingsworth County
Dallam County (Coordinator: Joe Burns, J457@msn.com )
Deaf Smith County
Donley County
Gray County
Hansford County
Hartley County
Hemphill County
Hutchinson County
Lipscomb County
Moore County
Ochiltree County
Oldham County
Potter County
Randall County
Roberts County
Sherman County
Wheeler County


Lubbock Region

Regional Coordinator:
John Lipe, Service Hydrologist
NOAA/National Weather Service
Lubbock, TX
John.Lipe@noaa.gov

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any):
Bailey County
Briscoe County
Castro County
Childress County
Cochran County
Crosby County
Cottle County
Dickens County
(Coordinator: Marlene Leiby, mleiby243@yahoo.com )
Floyd County
Garza County
Hale County
Hall County
Hockley County
Kent County
King County
Lamb County
Lubbock County
Lynn County
Motley County
Parmer County
Stonewall County
Swisher County
Terry County                                                                                                                                                                                                           Yoakum County


Midland/Odessa Region

Regional Coordinator: 
James DeBerry
NOAA/National Weather Service
Midland, TX
432-563-0175
james.deberry@noaa.gov


Colleen Rhea
National Weather Service
Midland/Odessa Weather Forecast Office
2500 Challenger Dr.
Midland, TX 79706-2606
432-563-5006
email: colleen.rhea@noaa.gov

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any):
Andrews County
Borden County
Brewster County
Crane County
Culberson County
Dawson County
Ector County
Gaines County
Glasscock County
Howard County
Jeff Davis County
Loving County
Martin County
Midland County
Mitchell County
Pecos County
Presidio County
Reagan County
Reeves County
Scurry County
Terrell County
Upton County
Ward County
Winkler County


El Paso Region

Regional Coordinator:
Mike Hardiman, Forecaster
NOAA/National Weather Service
El Paso, TX
575-589-4088
mike.hardiman@noaa.gov

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any):

El Paso County
Hudspeth County


Abilene/San Angelo Region

Regional Coordinator:
Christopher Daniels, Forecaster
NOAA/National Weather Service
San Angelo, TX
                                                                                                christopher.daniels@noaa.gov

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any):  
Brown County

Callahan County 
Coleman County
Coke County 
Concho County  
Crockett County
  
Fisher County (Coordinator: Daniel White, danielwhitefamily@gmail.com )

Haskell County

Irion County
Jones County
Kimble County (Coordinator: Charles Brainard, chazzo@earth-comm.com )
Mason County 
McCulloch County 
Menard County 
Nolan County 
Runnels County  
San Saba County  
Schleicher County  
Shackelford County  
Sterling County 
Sutton County 
Tom Green County (Coordinator: John Emler, johnemler73@gmail.com
Taylor County

Throckmorton County

Wichita Falls Region

Regional Coordinator:
Steve Kruckenberg, Service Hydrologist
NOAA/National Weather Service
Norman, OK
steven.kruckenberg@noaa.gov

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any):

Archer County (Coordinator: Verner Hayhusrt, vwhir@hotmail.com )
Baylor County
Foard County
Hardeman County
Knox County
Wichita County (Coordinator: Jon Farnsworth, cookjonf@yahoo.com )
Wilbarger County


Dallas/Fort Worth/Waco/Temple Region

Regional Coordinator:
Greg Story, Hydrometeorology and Support (HAS) Forecaster
NOAA/National Weather Service
West Gulf River Forecast Center
Fort Worth, TX
Greg.Story@noaa.gov

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any):
Anderson County
Bell County (Coordinator: Mark McGraw, qwiqdraw@gmail.com )
Bosque County
Collin County (Coordinator: Kelly Disque, ksdisque@yahoo.com )
Comanche County
Cooke County
Coryell County
Dallas County (Coordinator:
H.L. Lovell, hllovell@swbell.net )
Delta County                                                                                                                                                                                                         Denton County (Coordinator: Dale Walker, djwalker@embarqmail.com)
Eastland County
Ellis County (Coordinator: Carolyn Gritzmaker, c.gritzmaker@gmail.com )

Erath County
Falls County
Fannin County
Freestone County
Grayson County
Hamilton County
Henderson County
Hill County
Hood County (Coordinator: Hadlee Jackson, StormChsnGrl@aol.com )
Hopkins County
Hunt County
Jack County
Johnson County (Coordinator: Valerie Taber, alamodragonfly@yahoo.com )
Kaufman County
Lamar County
Lampasas County
Leon County
Limestone County
McLennan County
Milam County
Mills County
Montague County
Navarro County (Coordinator: John Depew, depew@dishmail.net )
Palo Pinto County
Parker County
Rain County
Robertson County
Rockwall County
Somervell County
Stephens County
Tarrant County
Van Zandt County
Wise County
Young County


Austin/San Antonio/Del Rio Region

Regional Co-Coordinators:
Mark Lenz, Senior Service Hydrologist
Steve Smart, Observations Program Leader
NOAA/National Weather Service
New Braunfels, TX
(830) 606-3617 x225
mark.lenz@noaa.gov
steve.smart@noaa.gov

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any):

Atascosa County (Coordinator: Todd Flanagan, (830) 281-3887, atascosarainfall@yahoo.com )
Bastrop County  (Coordinator: Don Perriello, (512) 360-3665, perriello.cocorahs@att.net )
Bandera County (Coordinator: Doug King, (830) 966-3778, icsmoke@swtexas.net )
Bexar County (Coordinator: Joe Baskin, (830) 606-3617 x 322, Joseph.Baskin@noaa.gov )
Blanco County (Coordinator: Liz Lindig, ealindig@yahoo.com )
Burnet County (Coordinator: Robyn Richter, (830) 693-2210, rrichter51@gmail.com )
Caldwell County
Comal County (Coordinator: Charles Flink, (210) 288-9850, ctflink@swbell.net )
DeWitt County (Coordinator: Cliff Boerm, (361) 212-0001, kd5bxv@sbcglobal.net )
Dimmit County
Edwards County (Coordinator: Carolyn Tuttle, hashknife@swtexas.net )
Fayette County (Coordinator: Cheryl Karr,
cjkarr@cvctx.com )
Frio County
Gillespie County (Coordinator: Terry Young, (830) 512-793-2022 x230, terence.young@tpwd.state.tx.us )
Gonzales County (Coordinator: Joe Solansky, Joe.Solansky@solanskycemetery.com )
Guadalupe County  (Coordinator: Rick Martin, wx.coord.gp@gmail.com )
Hays County (Coordinator: Bill Zilar, bbzilar@ymail.com
Karnes County (Coordinator: Joe Bishop, (830) 780-3897, jbbr78118@yahoo.com
  Coordinator: Larry Dement, (830) 239-4610,
lddement@hotmail.com  )
Kendall County (Coordinator: David Knollhoff, (830) 249-2663
, dknollhoff@gvtc.com )    (Coordinator: Micah Voulgaris, manager@ccgcd.org )
Kerr County (Coordinator: David Knollhoff
, (830) 249-2663, dknollhoff@gvtc.com
Kinney County (Coordinator: Kathryn Cottle Letsinger, (830) 563-2442, Kinney@ag.tamu.edu )
Lavaca County (Coordinator: Michael Bencal, (361) 798-7140, weather@homingpigeon.com )
  Coordinator: Tom Honigschmidt, (361) 594-3970, thonigschmidt@yahoo.com )
Lee County
Llano County (Coordinator: Jayne Mortensen, jaynemortensen@yahoo.com )
Maverick County (Coordinator: James Smith, (830) 773-3060, jjwsmith2@yahoo.com )
Medina County (Coordinator: Martin Benke, (210) 854-2178, martinbenke@yahoo.com )
Real County (Coordinator: Doug Smith, (830) 279-5740, dsmithbornagain@gmail.com )
Travis County  (Coordinator: Bob Rose, (512) 473-3350, Bob.Rose@lcra.org )
Uvalde County
Val Verde County (Coordinator: Peter Coggi, (830) 734-5596, wx.valverde@gmail.com )
Williamson County (Coordinator: Bob Rose, (512) 473-3350, Bob.Rose@lcra.org )
Wilson County (Coordinator: John Marrs, marrsgardens@aol.com )
Zavala County


Corpus Christi/Victoria/Laredo Region

Regional Coordinator: 
Christina Barron, Meteorologist/Forecaster
NOAA/National
Weather Service
Corpus Christi, TX
Christina.barron@noaa.gov

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any):
Aransas County (Coordinator: Jeremy Routh, (361) 687-3418, jeremy.routh@gmail.com )
Bee County
Calhoun County
Duval County
Goliad County (Coordinator: Kathy Toerck, ktoerck@wildblue.net )
Jim Wells County
Kleberg County
(Coordinator:Mark Mainer, mark.mainer@hotmail.com )
La Salle County
Live Oak County
McMullen County
Nueces County
Refugio County
San Patricio County
Victoria County (Coordinator: Noel Villarreal, (361) 579-6684, afa4nv@sbcglobal.net )
Webb County (Coordinator: Juan Alanis, (956) 251-3996, cocorahsstx@gmail.com )

Brownsville/McAllen Region

Regional Coordinator:
Geoffrey Bogorad, Meteorologist/Lead Forecaster
NOAA/National Weather Service
Brownsville, TX
Geoffrey.Bogorad@noaa.gov

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any):
Brooks County
Cameron County
Hidalgo County (Coordinator: Robert Canterbury, rcanterbury@mcallen.net )
Jim Hogg County
Kenedy County
Starr County
Willacy County
Zapata County


Bryan-College Station/Brazos Valley Region

Regional Coordinator:
Steven M. Quiring, Associate
Professor
Department of Geography

Texas A & M University
College Station, TX 78743
squiring@tamu.edu

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any): 

Brazos County
 
Burleson County
   Grimes County 
Houston County  
Madison County
Trinity County
Walker County

Washington County

Houston/Galveston Region

Regional Co-Coordinators:
Jeff Lindner, Flood Watch Manager and Meteorologist
Harris County Flood Control District
Houston, TX
jeff.lindner@hcfcd.org

Darwin Smith
Harris County Flood Control District
Houston, TX
Darwin.Smith@hcfcd.org

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any):
Austin County (Coordinator: Ronnie Havran, Ronald.Havran@hcfcd.org )
Brazoria County (Coordinator: Ron Starnes,
CoCoRaHS.GV@edvtx.com )
Chambers County
Colorado County (Coordinator: Ronnie Havran, Ronald.Havran@hcfcd.org )
Fort Bend County (Coordinator: Tom Petroski, (713) 544-4214, tbpetroski@gmail.com )
Galveston County (Coordinators: Don Oettinger, don.oettinger@noaa.gov / Ron Starnes, CoCoRaHS.GV@edvtx )
Harris County (Coordinator: Dave Schwertz, dave.schwertz@noaa.gov )
Jackson County (Coordinator: John Taylor, john@taylorent.com )
Liberty County (Coordinator: Lynn Barrett, (936) 258-2642 x 118, lbarrett@cityofdaytontx.com )
Matagorda County
Montgomery County (Coordinator: Shane Simpson, ssimpson@sjra.net )
Polk County (Coordinator: Lew Vail, lewvail@eastex.net )
San Jacinto County
Waller County (Coordinator: Ronnie Havran, Ronald.Havran@hcfcd.org )
Wharton County (Coordinator Ronnie Havran, Ronald.Havran@hcfcd.org)


Beaumont/Golden Triangle Region

Regional Coordinator:

Jonathan Brazzell, Meteorologist/Forecaster
Donovan Landreneau, Meteorologist/Forecaster
NOAA/National Weather Service
500 Airport Boulevard
Lake Charles, LA 70607
(337) 477-5285
jonathan.brazzell@noaa.gov
Donovan.Landreneau@noaa.gov

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any):
Hardin County
Jasper County
Jefferson County (Coordinator: Robert Emanuel, ccrjc@gt.rr.com )
Newton County
Orange County (Coordinator: Eric Bodin, cobraboy.03@att.net )

Tyler County (Coordinator: Don Saenger, dsaenger@hughes.net )

Longview/Kilgore/Tyler/East and Northeast Texas Region

Regional Coordinators:
Aaron Stevens, Observation Program Leader
Jason Hansford, Meteorologist/Forecaster
NOAA/National Weather Service
5655 Hollywood Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71109
(318) 631-3669
Aaron.Stevens@noaa.gov
Jason.Hansford@noaa.gov

This region includes these counties (and local coordinators, if any):

Angelina County (Coordinator: Jason Reina, jasonreina@sbcglobal.net )
Bowie County
(Coordinator: Roy Clark, meisrc@gmail.com
Camp County
Cass County
Cherokee County
Franklin County
Gregg County
Harrison County
Marion County
Morris County
Nacogdoches County (Coordinator: Jason Reina, jasonreina@sbcglobal.net )

Panola County
Red River County
Rusk County
Sabine County
San Augustine County
Shelby County
Smith County
Titus County
Upshur County
Wood County
(Coordinator: Clint Cooper, clintcooper@suddenlink.net )