What is Harry Volkman?
[[File:Harry Volkman WGN TV.jpg|thumb|300px|Volkman on the air at WGN-TV, circa 1979.]] '''Harry Volkman''' (April 18, 1926 &ndash; August 20, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[meteorology|meteorologist]].<ref name=Harry/> He was the first weatherman to issue a [[tornado warning]].<ref name=Harry>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130421/news/704219914/|title=Harry Volkman weathers wild Chicago climate|author=Constable, Burt|date=April 21, 2013|publisher=Daily Herald|access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Tulsa>{{cite web|url=http://tulsatvmemories.com/weather.html|title=Tulsa TV Memories-Weather|access-date=3 February 2012}}</ref> He retired in 2004. He was born in [[Medford, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://khitschicago.cbslocal.com/2011/04/09/harry-volkman-turns-85/|title=Harry Volkman Turns 85!|author=Volkman, Ed|date=April 9, 2011|publisher=KHiTS 104.3|access-date=January 21, 2014|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201213101/http://khitschicago.cbslocal.com/2011/04/09/harry-volkman-turns-85/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He won three [[Emmy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicagoemmyonline.org/files/2013/04/1961-1962.pdf|title=Chicago area Emmy winners-Harry Volkman|date=1961–1962|publisher=Chicago Emmy Online|access-date=May 25, 2014|archive-date=May 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525213953/http://chicagoemmyonline.org/files/2013/04/1961-1962.pdf|url-status=dead}}([[PDF]])</ref> Volkman died from [[respiratory failure]] in [[Des Plaines, Illinois]], aged 89.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wgntv.com/2015/08/20/legendary-weather-forecaster-harry-volkman-dies-at-89/|title=Legendary weather forecaster, Harry Volkman, dies at 89|publisher=[[WGN TV]].com|access-date=August 21, 2015|archive-date=August 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822002209/http://wgntv.com/2015/08/20/legendary-weather-forecaster-harry-volkman-dies-at-89/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Volkman