The City of Seneca honored WYFF News 4 Chief Meteorologist Chris Justus in a ceremony Thursday, showing their appreciation for his April 12 and April 13 coverage of the tornadoes that impacted the Upstate. On behalf of the city, Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander presented Chris Justus with the key to the city, thanking him and the entire WYFF News 4 weather team for their “accurate” and “life-saving” weather coverage.Justus began warning the Upstate of the oncoming severe weather on the evening of April 12 and continued his nonstop coverage into the early morning hours of April 13 as conditions worsened. “We started watching the weather and we always watch WYFF News 4 and watch Chris and all the team members,” said Seneca resident Wayne Morton. “Chris started talking about storms coming our way, possible tornado, and that got our attention real quick. So we just stayed glued to the TV and the WYFF News 4 app, back and forth as he had his reports and we just followed him through the night.”Justus told the people of Seneca to keep someone awake through the night in preparation for what could be devastating weather, a decision he says was based off of his observation of the April 12 evening weather patterns. “Everything I could look at with the technology we have at WYFF News 4 was telling me that this was going to be a bad night,” Justus said. “To tell everybody in the Upstate that you need to have someone stay awake, that’s a big deal.”Many of the people in Seneca who have spoken to WYFF News 4 through our extensive coverage of the severe weather aftermath say they heeded his warning and add that they were able to protect themselves and their families because of the heads-up Justus provided. “Throughout this community, I heard that everywhere I went as we walked through this community and we talked to people that they heard those words that you said that night, ‘Make sure that someone stays awake, and that you take cover,” Alexander, the Seneca mayor, said at the ceremony honoring Justus. “You stepped them through that storm, God was giving you the word.” “It’s such an honor,” Justus said after receiving the plaque. “It’s so touching to see how the community has come together after this tragedy, and I’m just so glad that after Cedric, Parella and Dale and I saw that threat that night, that this community took that threat seriously and were able to stay safe.”
The City of Seneca honored WYFF News 4 Chief Meteorologist Chris Justus in a ceremony Thursday, showing their appreciation for his April 12 and April 13 coverage of the tornadoes that impacted the Upstate.
On behalf of the city, Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander presented Chris Justus with the key to the city, thanking him and the entire WYFF News 4 weather team for their “accurate” and “life-saving” weather coverage.
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Justus began warning the Upstate of the oncoming severe weather on the evening of April 12 and continued his nonstop coverage into the early morning hours of April 13 as conditions worsened.
“We started watching the weather and we always watch WYFF News 4 and watch Chris and all the team members,” said Seneca resident Wayne Morton. “Chris started talking about storms coming our way, possible tornado, and that got our attention real quick. So we just stayed glued to the TV and the WYFF News 4 app, back and forth as he had his reports and we just followed him through the night.”
Justus told the people of Seneca to keep someone awake through the night in preparation for what could be devastating weather, a decision he says was based off of his observation of the April 12 evening weather patterns.
“Everything I could look at with the technology we have at WYFF News 4 was telling me that this was going to be a bad night,” Justus said. “To tell everybody in the Upstate that you need to have someone stay awake, that’s a big deal.”
Many of the people in Seneca who have spoken to WYFF News 4 through our extensive coverage of the severe weather aftermath say they heeded his warning and add that they were able to protect themselves and their families because of the heads-up Justus provided.
“Throughout this community, I heard that everywhere I went as we walked through this community and we talked to people that they heard those words that you said that night, ‘Make sure that someone stays awake, and that you take cover,” Alexander, the Seneca mayor, said at the ceremony honoring Justus. “You stepped them through that storm, God was giving you the word.”
“It’s such an honor,” Justus said after receiving the plaque. “It’s so touching to see how the community has come together after this tragedy, and I’m just so glad that after Cedric, Parella and Dale and I saw that threat that night, that this community took that threat seriously and were able to stay safe.”
