19 Facts About Gary England

Gary England was born on October 3,1939 and is the former chief meteorologist for KWTV, the CBS-affiliated television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Gary England is known for contributing to the invention of the First Warning map graphic commonly used to show ongoing weather alerts without interrupting regular programming.

Currently, Gary England is the Vice President of Corporate Relations and Weather Development at Griffin Communications LLC, the parent company to KWTV-DT, although the company uses the same single-story building as the studio.

Gary England was born in Seiling, Oklahoma to Hazel and Lesley Gary England.

Gary England lived in Enid for a while but was mostly raised in the Seiling area.

Gary England's first broadcasting job was a short stint at KTOK, an Oklahoma City talk radio station.

Gary England is recognized, along with the firm Enterprise Electronics Corporation, as initiating development of the first commercial Doppler weather radar.

In 1991 Gary England helped create Storm Tracker, a computer program that provided the audience with the time of arrival of severe weather.

Gary England helped create I-News, a computer program, since discontinued, that allowed PC users to receive both severe weather and breaking news alerts on their computer.

On July 23,2013, KWTV announced that Gary England would be leaving his position at KWTV to become Vice President for Corporate Relations and Weather Development for Griffin Communications, the parent company of KWTV-DT.

Gary England was to be succeeded by David Payne, and Gary England's final day as KWTV head meteorologist would be August 30,2013, with his last forecast given on August 28.

Gary England's retirement had been anticipated since Payne joined the station in January, although Gary England had previously said he expected to leave in October 2014.

Gary England had a cameo appearance during the opening scene and served as one of three 'weather announcers' in the 1996 movie Twister.

In 2007 Gary England wrote and recorded part of the sound track for a weather oriented episode of the cable show Saving Grace.

Gary England has written several books on Oklahoma weather, including his 1996 autobiography, Weathering The Storm, in which he cited Harry Volkman as an influence on his career.

Gary England rejects anthropogenic climate change and believes in cyclic change due to many factors.

Gary England is interviewed in an episode of Monster Quest entitled "Unidentified Flying Creatures" where he comments on tornado footage that captured a Rod flying through the sky.

Gary England made a cameo appearance in the 2021 fantasy movie Ike Boys as a weatherman.

Gary England is a pop culture icon in Oklahoma City and has a cult like following.