HomeMy WebLinkAbout03.28.2023 Storm Spotter Training
City of Plainview NEWS
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202 W. 5 Street
Plainview, TX 79072
March 28, 2023
City of Plainview’s Emergency
Management to Offer National
Weather Service’s SKYWARN®
Storm Spotter Training on
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Thursday, April 6
The City of Plainview’s Emergency
Management team will host the National
Weather Service’s SKYWARN storm spotter
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training on Thursday, April 6 from 6:00 p.m.
– 8:00 p.m. at the Fair Theater located at
717 Broadway.
The class is free to anyone who would be
interested in joining the SKYWARN® program and has an interest in public service.
Volunteers include police and fire personnel, dispatchers, EMS workers, public utility
workers and other concerned private citizens. Individuals affiliated with hospitals,
schools, churches and nursing homes or who have a responsibility for protecting others
are encouraged to become a spotter.
To obtain critical weather information, the National Weather Service (NWS) established
SKYWARN® with partner organizations to help obtain critical weather information.
SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with between 350,000 and 400,000 trained severe
weather spotters around the country. These volunteers help keep their local
communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the
National Weather Service. Although SKYWARN® spotters provide essential information
for all types of weather hazards, the focus is reporting on severe local thunderstorms.
Training is free and typically lasts about 2 hours. Participants will learn the basics of
thunderstorm development, fundamentals of storm structure, identifying potential severe
weather features, information to report and how to report information.
To sign up for the class or for more information, contact the Sgt. Al Longoria at
806.296.1183.
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