Severe Weather Spotter Training - 2009
Basic Spotter's Guide (557 K) Advanced Spotter's Guide (3.2 MB)
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Severe weather spotters provide critical information to their communities and NWS forecasters during severe weather events. Anyone with an interest is welcome to attend a spotter class (unless otherwise noted on the schedule below). There are no fees - only 2 to 3 hours of your time! Most of the classes are Annual Spotter Updates. These classes are intended as refresher training for experienced spotters, as well as initial training for people that are new to severe weather spotting. We recommend attending this spotter class annually. Topics covered in this class include:
- Preparations for storm spotting
- Thunderstorm development
- Thunderstorm types and hazards
- Spotting tornadoes
- Spotter safety, effective spotter reports, and more
For experienced spotters who want to learn more about the meteorology of severe weather, the NWS Lincoln office offers an advanced Meteorological Aspects of Severe Storms class about five times each Spring. These classes will be noted with the term ***ADVANCED*** in the schedule below. Topics covered in this advanced training include:
- Upper air diagrams and their use in determining severe weather types
- The latest tornadogenesis theories
- Radar interpretation of severe storms
- Assessing the severe weather threat with SPC Mesoanalysis charts, and more
| There are currently no outreach events scheduled. |
2009 NWS Lincoln Spotter Training
(Click above to download a 10.6 MB pdf)
If you have any questions contact WCM Chris Miller at chris.miller@noaa.gov
