NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell joined NBC 5 in August 2012 and can be seen weekdays on NBC 5 First at Four, as well as on NBC 5 News at 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Prior to NBC 5, Mitchell had been chief meteorologist at KOCO-TV, Oklahoma City, OK, since 1994.
While there he was responsible for providing coverage of some of the most intense storms including several tornado outbreaks, flooding, blizzards, and wildfires. Before that, he forecasted weather at WOI-TV in Des Moines, IA, and at AccuWeather based in State College, PA.
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He earned a bachelor of science degree in meteorology from the University of Nebraska, and has also received the CBM seal from the American Meteorological Society.
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He has been recognized for his severe weather forecasting experiences from the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters and the Associated Press. Mitchell’s team of meteorologists at KOCO-TV was also recognized by then Oklahoma governor, Frank Keating, for their exceptional work covering EF-5 tornado in May 1999 in Oklahoma City.
Rick and his wife have been married for more than 25 years and have a daughter and a son.
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NBC 5 Forecast: Warming trend into the Easter weekend
Dry, breezy and warm weather is expected for Good Friday through Easter Sunday. Highs will be in the 70s and 80s with a gusty south wind at times. Thunderstorm chances return to the forecast late Monday into Tuesday morning.
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Weather Quiz: Tornado record
North Texas averages 25 tornadoes per year, 2015 was a record year and NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks how many tornadoes were there?
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NBC 5 Forecast: Spotty Evening Storms
Thursday will be the start of a nice warm-up. Highs will be in the low 70s with full sunshine and light winds.
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NBC 5 Forecast: A warm up for the Easter weekend
Thursday will be the start of a nice warm up. Highs will be in the low 70s with full sunshine and light winds. Dry, breezy and warm weather is expected for Good Friday through Easter Sunday. Highs will be in the 70s and 80s with a gusty south wind at times. Thunderstorm chances return to the forecast late Monday into Tuesday...
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Weather Quiz: Clearest month in DFW
February is DFW’s cloudiest month on average. NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks which month is the clearest.
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NBC 5 FORECAST: A warm up for the Easter weekend
North Texas will have another chilly night tonight and a cool day Wednesday. A small chance exists for a couple of showers and storms to develop Wednesday late afternoon and evening. While any storms will likely be isolated, they could produce some gusty winds and quarter size hail. The storms will dissipate by late evening.
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NBC 5 FORECAST: Chilly, jacket weather for a bit
A strong, early-spring cold front will moves across North Texas tonight. A couple of pop up showers or storms may briefly occur this evening before dissipating. The cold front will bring in colder air that will drop temperatures into the 30s to near 40 Tuesday morning.
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Weather Quiz: Windiest city
NBC 5 Chief Meteorologist Rick Mitchell asks which city clocks the average wind speed of 13.1 mph making it the windiest city in the U.S. on average.
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NBC 5 FORECAST: Chilly, jacket weather for a bit
A strong, early-spring cold front will moves across North Texas tonight. A couple of pop up showers or storms may briefly occur this evening before dissipating. The cold front will bring in colder air that will drop temperatures into the 30s to near 40 Tuesday morning.
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NBC 5 FORECAST: Sunshine returns for Saturday
Clouds will return Sunday, along with a strong south wind. Southerly winds could gust close to 40 mph Sunday afternoon. A few storms will be possible late Sunday night.