Career
In 1983, he was hired by the leading Texas firm Haag Engineering. At Haag, Marshall travels a great deal surveying storm damage across the United States. He has conducted more than 100 damage surveys since 1983 of hailstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Some of the famous tornadoes he has surveyed included the F5's at Jarrell, TX (1997), Bridge Creek, OK (1999), and Greensburg, KS (2007). Some of the famous hurricanes he has surveyed include Alicia in Texas (1983), Hugo in South Carolina (1989), Andrew in Florida (1992), Opal in Florida (1995), Katrina in Mississippi (2005), and Ike in Texas (2008). Tim became a Professional Engineer in 1989.
Marshall still finds time to pursue his hobby as a storm chaser. During the past 30 years, Tim has filmed more than 200 tornadoes and experienced 17 hurricanes. In 2004, he rode out Hurricane Ivan in Pensacola, Florida and, in 2005, Tim rode out Hurricane Katrina in Slidell, Louisiana. In 2008, Tim rode out Hurricane Ike on Galveston Island. Tim has appeared on dozens of television programs including those on The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, National Geographic, and The History Channel. He was a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show twice.
Marshall was selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to serve on their Quick Response Team where he has surveyed tornado damage in Alabama and Georgia in 1994, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1998, La Plata, Maryland, in 2002, the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak, and the 2011 Joplin tornado. Tim was also on the development team of the Fujita Scale Enhancement Project which produced an Enhanced Fujita Scale to update the original Fujita scale of tornado intensity. He has been a principle trainer in damage surveys for the National Weather Service. In 2006, Tim was elected to serve on the Severe Local Storms committee for the American Meteorological Society. In 2009, Tim was part of the government sponsored VORTEX2 experiment. His job was to deploy pods in the paths of tornadoes.
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