About Kristen Cornett (KMOV)

 Kristen Cornett was born in July 5th, 1974, She grew up in Lexington, Kentucky and became fascinated of Severe Weather at an early age, She can Remember standing out on their covered front porch during storms and her parents having drag her inside, She knows it sounds crazy, But she really wanted to see a tornado, She done some tornado chasing and stood of an eye of a hurricane, She also fascinated earthquakes and volcanoes, If she couldn't be a Meteorologist, She probably would be a Selsmologist or a Volcanologist.She attended the University Of Kentucky intitually and thought she would be a doctor, After some soul searching she had a epiphany, Honestly she don't know why she didn't come up with an idea to work in broadcast meteorology sooner, But up until then she always viewed her fascinationas just that, She ended up transferring and earned her Geoscience with an emphasis in meteorology from Mississippi State University, From there she went to forecasting the weather at Local Television Stations, In 1996, She worked at her first job at WCBI-TV in Columbus, MS, Then In 1997, She worked at WAAY-TV in Huntsville, AL with Gary Dobbs and Adrian Gibson, Then In 2001, She worked at WHAS-TV in Louisville, KY with Ken Schulz and Beth Andrews, In 2004, She worked at the NBC affiliate WLWT in Cincinnati, OH with John Bateman.Then In March of 2006, Kristen was a Staff Meteorologist at NBC Weather Plus, Where she appeared on MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Nightly News, Early Today and The Today Show. Then In October of 2007, Kristen came to KMOV, She joined the 4 Warn Storm Team in October 2007 and She provides the Weather for News 4 on Weekends, She provides Go Green reports on Tuesdays & Fridays for the 6 pm News, Also during the week, you may catch Kristen filling in for Matt Chambers on Awake with News 4, Reporting on a feature or medical story or helping out during 4 Warn Storm Mode Coverage tracking the storms in the studio, on the web or live in the field.She earned the Seal Of Apporval from The American Meteorological Society in 1999, and She also a Member of the National Weather Association, People asked her where she heading next, Honestly, She really tired of moving over and over again, It used to be fun but she had her fill, She eager to get involved in the community and put down some roots, Hopefully you'll be seeing Kristen here on KMOV for years to come.