The National Weather Service of Little Rock will present a SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training class from 6-8 p.m. Monday, April 3, at the White Hall Fire Department Station #2.
Held in partnership with Jefferson County Emergency Management, the class is free, open to the public and doesn’t require pre-registration, a spokesman said in a news release.
The session is intended for official storm spotters as well as anyone with an interest in learning more about severe weather. Participants will learn how to identify dangerous storms by sight and how to report that information to the weather service, according to Dennis Cavanaugh, warning coordination meteorologist with the weather service.
“The 2017 program will discuss thunderstorm formation, ingredients and teaches storm spotters how to identify the most dangerous part of a thunderstorm visually,” according to the news release.
“Most importantly, we will discuss what you can do to keep you and your family safe when dangerous thunderstorms threaten your community. The presentation will be in multimedia format, featuring numerous new pictures of storms, as well as new video from recent severe storm seasons,” according to the news release.
Details: Karen Blevins, director of Jefferson County Office of Emergency Management/MECA 911, at 541-5470, or the National Weather Service, http://www.weather.gov/lzk, https://www.facebook.com/NWSLittleRock and @NWSLittleRock.