skywarn-schedule2011

2011 Skywarn Training Schedule

Severe weather season is fast approaching so it is time to dust off the Skywarn material and get ready for spotter training. More than 10,000 severe storms, 5,000 floods and 1,000 tornadoes occur during a typical year across the United States. Many of these severe weather reports are received by Skywarn spotters. Skywarn is a volunteer program that consists of more than 250,000 trained severe weather spotters. These spotters provide timely and accurate weather reports to their local National Weather Service office. Skywarn volunteers are an essential part of the warning process and have had a positive impact on the improvement in severe weather detection and warning lead times.

Anyone with an interest in public service is encouraged to participate in the Skywarn program. We typically see a lot of volunteers from fire personnel, law enforcement, public utility workers and HAM radio operators. The only requirement for participation in the program is the completion of a free spotter training course provided by the National Weather Service. These courses are offered in numerous communities and generally last approximately 2 hours.

Topics covered in these courses include:

Basics of thunderstorm development
Fundamentals of storm structure
Identifying potential severe weather features
Information to report
How to report information
Basic severe weather safety

Below is the schedule for the Skywarn classes provided by the National Weather Service in San Angelo, TX. Additional classes will be added as they are scheduled. If you would like to schedule a session in your area, contact Hector Guererro at (325) 944-9445.

February 2011 SKYWARN Training

March 2011 SKYWARN Training

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 Winters 7 PM Volunteer Fire Dept.	2	3	4	5 Brownwood 9 AM - Noon Howard Payne Univ. (Newman Center)
6	7 Rotan 6 PM Volunteer Fire Dept.	8	9	10 Wall 7 PM Volunteer Fire Dept.	11	12 San Angelo 9 AM - Noon Trinity Lutheran Church
13	14 Cross Plains 6 PM Baptist Church - Tentative	15 Sweetwater 6 PM Central Fire Station	16	17	18	19
20	21 Woodson 6 PM Volunteer Fire Dept.	22	23	24	25	26
27	28 Sterling City 7 PM Volunteer Fire Dept.	29 Albany 6 PM Volunteer Fire Dept.	30	31

April 2011 SKYWARN Training

National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office