How Do I Become a Volunteer Skywarn Spotter?
Anyone may participate in the SKYWARN Program. We do, however, require that you attend a SKYWARN training seminar. The class, which typically lasts 1 to 2 hours, will teach you how to identify severe weather, how the NWS responds to severe weather, the basics of the SKYWARN program, what type of information to report, along with proper reporting procedures. There is no cost for the class. Classes are held throughout our 59 county warning area at local fire or EMS departments, libraries, and civic, judicial and community centers. You must be able to observe the weather, and you must have access to a telephone to call in reports, though reports are accepted through electronic mail and the amateur radio network.
