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SkywarnTM at WFO Raleigh
SkywarnTM Purpose:
 SkywarnTM is a
National Weather Service (NWS) program of trained volunteer severe weather spotters. SkywarnTM volunteers
support their local community by providing the NWS with timely and accurate severe weather
reports. These reports, when integrated with modern NWS technology, are used to inform communities of the
proper actions to take as severe weather threatens. The key focus of the SkywarnTM program is to save lives
and property through the use of the observations and reports of trained volunteers.
SkywarnTM volunteers donate thousands of hours and the use of their own
personal radio equipment and vehicles to give their communities advanced warning of life threatening
weather. Since the NWS instituted the SkywarnTM Program, there has been a significant decrease in the
death rate due to tornadoes and other severe weather.
Spotter Items:
Training Sessions:
| Date and Time |
Training |
City |
Location |
Notes |
February 25, 2013
9 AM to 11 AM and again from Noon to 2 PM | SkywarnTM Spotter Training
Open to the public | Durham, NC | VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham NC 27705
| Training will be held in the Auditorium in Building 16, Room 58 on the second floor. There will be two separate sessions, each offering Basic SKYWARN Training. |
March 4, 2013
7 PM to 9 PM | SkywarnTM Spotter Training
Open to the public | Fuquay Varina, NC | Fuquay Varina Presbyterian Church - 307 N. Ennis Street - Fuquay Varina, NC
| Sponsored by the South Wake Amateur Radio Club |
March 14, 2013
7 PM to 9 PM | SkywarnTM Spotter Training
Open to the public | Cary, NC | Cary Senior Center, 120 Maury Odell Place, Cary, NC 27513
| Sponsored by Cary CERT |
March 30, 2013
1:30 PM to 3 PM | SkywarnTM Spotter Training
Open to the public | Raleigh, NC | RARsfest, at the Jim Graham Building, NC State Fairgrounds, 1025 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh NC 27607
| Sponsored by the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society |
April 15, 2013
7:30 PM to 9 PM | SkywarnTM Spotter Training
Open to the public | Fayetteville, NC | Methodist University, 5400 Ramsey St, Fayetteville, NC 28311
| Sponsored by the Cape Fear Amateur Radio Society (CFARS) |
Additional classes are being organized. Please check back for updates to this schedule.
Other Spotter Trianing Items:
- COMET SKYWARN Spotter Training.This free web-based SKYWARN training class is available to the public, and is offered by the COMET MetED program. The NWS Raleigh is honoring this training and will include individuals who take this online training as part of its database of SKYWARN spotters for central North Carolina.
- Online Weather School
- Radar Training
- To set up a SkywarnTM session in your area email Nick Petro
Local SkywarnTM Groups:
Contact Information:
The NWS provides numerous classes at no cost. If you, your club or group would like to help the National
Weather Service by becoming a weather spotter or wish to participate in weather safety classes, please
contact Nick Petro via email at Nick Petro or
by phone at 919-515-8209
Remember...Please email severe weather reports and pictures to rah.reports@noaa.gov
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