She got her start in television at WWBT NBC 12 in Richmond, Virginia where she was a weather apprentice and fill-in traffic reporter. where she covered the city’s second-largest ice storm on record. Iisha also received The Salvation Army Hampton Roads Area Command's "Doing The Most Good" award.īefore joining the 13News Now team, Iisha was the weekend morning meteorologist at WECT-TV 6 in Wilmington, N.C. They also won the Virginia's Associated Press Broadcasters Meritorious Award for Best Weathercast of the Year for their coverage of Hurricane Matthew. Iisha and the 13New Now Weather Team won the Virginia’s Associated Press Broadcasters Second Place Award for Best Weathercast for their coverage of the January 2018 Blizzard.
The award, presented in memory of a former employee at 13News Now, recognizes people at the station for going above and beyond the expectations of their jobs and setting examples of excellence for their peers. While there, Iisha was a part of WCNC Charlotte's First Warn Storm Team's 2019 Hurricane Special, which won an Emmy Award.īefore Iisha joined WCNC Charlotte, she was the weekend evening meteorologist at 13News Now in Norfolk, Virginia where she received 13News Now’s “Ricky King Service Award” for her coverage of Tropical Storm Hermine. Iisha most recently worked as the weekend evening meteorologist for WCNC Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geosciences and Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University. Iisha graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications from Norfolk State University. She recently earned the prestigious Certified Broadcast Meteorologist seal from the American Meteorological Society.
Iisha Scott is an award-winning meteorologist for NBC Chicago.
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