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Branch Meeting Main Speaker

The September dinner speaker will be Dave Schwertz from National Weather Service. Dave is a Senior Service Hydrologist with the National Weather Service, and he will make a presentation on his area of practice as it relates to the Houston – Galveston area.

Biography

David C. Schwertz

Senior Service Hydrologist

Houston-Galveston Area National Weather Service Office

 Dave Schwertz has been Senior Service Hydrologist for the Houston-Galveston Area National Weather Service since February 1992. In this capacity he developed and now leads the hydrology program for the Houston-Galveston Office. Included among the significant events he has been privileged to work since coming to southeast Texas are: Tropical Storm Arlene (1993), the October 1994 floods, Tropical Storm Frances (1998), the October and November 1998 floods, Tropical Storm Allison (2001), Tropical Storm Fay (2002), Hurricane Rita (2005), Tropical Storm Erin (2007), and Hurricane Ike (2008). Dave has also been involved with national teams that developed the next generation of hydrology tools, developed the national Hydrology Program Management course, developed current policy for hydrology operations in the National Weather Service, and most recently led a Southern Region team in developing standardized procedures for the issuance and use of river flood contingency forecasts.

Dave spent over five years on active duty in the U.S. Navy. He alsospent three years in the Summer Support Division of the Naval Support Forces Antarctica working at McMurdo Station, Byrd Station, Darwin Glacier Field Camp, and South Pole Station.

Dave earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science in 1998 from the University of Houston Clear Lake. He has been actively involved with the Texas Flood Plain Managers Association for 20 years and became a Certified Flood Plain Manager in July 2006.