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SkywarnTM at WFO Raleigh
SkywarnTM Purpose:
 SkywarnTM is a
National Weather Service (NWS) program of trained volunteer severe weather spotters. SkywarnTM volunteers
support their local community by providing the NWS with timely and accurate severe weather
reports. These reports, when integrated with modern NWS technology, are used to inform communities of the
proper actions to take as severe weather threatens. The key focus of the SkywarnTM program is to save lives
and property through the use of the observations and reports of trained volunteers.
SkywarnTM volunteers donate thousands of hours and the use of their own
personal radio equipment and vehicles to give their communities advanced warning of life threatening
weather. Since the NWS instituted the SkywarnTM Program, there has been a significant decrease in the
death rate due to tornadoes and other severe weather.
Spotter Items:
Training Sessions:
| Date and Time |
Training |
City |
Location |
Notes |
Saturday
June 2, 2012
9:30-11 AM | SkywarnTM - BASIC Spotter Training
Open to the public | Hamlet, NC | Hamlet Public Library, 302 W Main Street, Hamlet, NC 28345
| Sponsored by the Richmond County Amateur Radio Club |
Saturday
June 9, 2012
10 AM to Noon | SkywarnTM - BASIC Spotter Training
Open to the public | Cary | ITT Technical Institute, 5520 Dillard Drive, Suite 100, Cary, NC
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Tuesday
June 26, 2012
7 PM to 9 PM | SkywarnTM - BASIC Spotter Training
Open to the public | Zebulon | Scootworks, 112 N. Church St., Zebulon
| Sponsored by the Triangle East Amateur Radio Association |
Monday
July 16, 2012
7-9 PM | SkywarnTM - BASIC Spotter Training
Open to the public | Durham |
Lebanon Vol. Fire Dept at 7900 Russell Rd., Durham, NC | . |
Additional classes are being organized. Please check back for updates to this schedule.
Other Spotter Trianing Items:
- COMET SKYWARN Spotter Training.This free web-based SKYWARN training class is available to the public, and is offered by the COMET MetED program. The NWS Raleigh is honoring this training and will include individuals who take this online training as part of its database of SKYWARN spotters for central North Carolina.
- Online Weather School
- Radar Training
- To set up a SkywarnTM session in your area email Nick Petro
Local SkywarnTM Groups:
Contact Information:
The NWS provides numerous classes at no cost. If you, your club or group would like to help the National
Weather Service by becoming a weather spotter or wish to participate in weather safety classes, please
contact Nick Petro via email at Nick Petro or
by phone at 919-515-8209
Remember...Please email severe weather reports and pictures to rah.reports@noaa.gov
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