ATLANTA -- He's been obsessed with weather since he was a toddler, standing on his parents' front porch in California, mesmerized by lightning.
It was a calling that led Mike Francis to become a meteorologist, but not before he went to war and chased some storms.
Francis' expertise and ability to think ahead of storms made him a phenomenon in Little Rock Arkansas. He's 11Alive's new Chief Meteorologist and his story is one you'll want to watch.