SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Tarleton State University and the National Weather Service (NWS) invite area residents to participant in a free basic SKYWARN® Spotter Training Class set from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 12.
SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters who help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports to the NWS.
In addition to public safety communications practices and severe weather safety, Fort Worth NWS Office meteorologists will cover the basics of thunderstorm development, the fundamentals of storm structure, ways to identify potentially hazardous weather, and what types of information to report and how to report it. No pre-registration is required.
The class takes place in Room 102 of the Dr. Lamar Johanson Science Building on Tarleton’s Stephenville campus.
Since SKYWARN® started in the 1970s, information provided by storm spotters — coupled with Doppler radar technology, improved satellite and other data — has enabled the NWS to issue more timely and accurate warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flash floods.
For more information, visit the Fort Worth NWS Office homepage at www.weather.gov/fwd/skywarn.
Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.
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Contact: Kurt Mogonye, Senior Communications Specialist
254-968-9460
mogonye@tarleton.edu
