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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 AM EST SAT FEB 09 2006

THIS WEEK IS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN GEORGIA. TODAY WE WILL 
DISCUSS THE SKYWARN PROGRAM. 

SKYWARN IS A PROGRAM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USES TO IMPROVE 
SEVERE STORM WARNINGS. TRAINED VOLUNTEERS SERVE AS STORM SPOTTERS.  
THESE SPOTTERS PASS ON VITAL GROUND TRUTH INFORMATION TO FORECASTERS 
DURING SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS. THEY ARE THE EYES AND EARS NOT ONLY 
FOR FORECASTERS...BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.  

SKYWARN VOLUNTEERS COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE...AND GENERALLY HAVE 
TWO THINGS IN COMMON...AN INTEREST IN WEATHER AND AN INTEREST IN 
SERVING THEIR COMMUNITY. CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS OFTEN INVOLVED IN 
SKYWARN INCLUDE:

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND RESCUE SQUADS
AMATEUR RADIO GROUPS

ANY ORGANIZATION OR PERSON CAN BECOME A SKYWARN SPOTTER...BUT THEY 
MUST FIRST COMPLETE THE NECESSARY TRAINING FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE.  THESE TRAINING CLASSES ARE OFFERED AS REQUESTED DURING THE 
PERIOD OF JANUARY TO MARCH 15TH. EACH CLASS WILL BE DONE IN A 
GROUPING OF 1 TO 4 COUNTIES.  ANYONE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING A 
SPOTTER TRAINING CLASS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THEIR COUNTIES EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO GET A SCHEDULE OF UPCOMING CLASSES.  
SOMETIMES...DEPENDING ON DEMAND...A SECOND SEASON OF CLASSES IS 
OFFERED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER.  

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON SKYWARN...PLEASE VISIT 
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FFC/HTML/SKYWARN


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