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| Press Release |
Date: August 29, 2006 |
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What is a Skywarn Weather Spotter? Skywarn Weather Spotters are a National Weather Service (NWS) team of volunteers, trained to observe and report significant weather. Weather spotters support their local community and emergency managers by providing the NWS with timely and accurate severe weather reports. These reports are an integral part of the NWS mission to help saves lives and property through flood and weather watches, warnings, and advisories. Accurate and reliable weather information from the general public is often difficult to obtain. The NWS has found that trained weather spotters greatly improve information quality. The NWS works with other volunteer organizations in the Skywarn Weather Spotter program, such as Amateur Radio, the American Red Cross, and local emergency managers.
If you are interested in attending a training session on how to become a weather spotter click on the following link: | |
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