SKYWARN spotter class set for July 8

Free class for first-responders, general public

HAMLET — Richmond County Emergency Services and the National Weather Service are teaming up to offer a SKYWARN spotter class on July 8 at Cole Auditorium in Hamlet.

The two-hour class is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and is open to first-responders and the general public.

SkywarnLogoTxtOutln2The effects of severe weather are felt every year by many Americans. To obtain critical weather information, NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, established SKYWARN with partner organizations. SKYWARN is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service.

Although SKYWARN spotters provide essential information for all types of weather hazards, the main responsibility of a SKYWARN spotter is to identify and describe severe local storms. In the average year, 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 5,000 floods and more than 1,000 tornadoes occur across the United States. These events threatened lives and property.

Since the program started in the 1970s, the information provided by SKYWARN spotters, coupled with Doppler radar technology, improved satellite and other data, has enabled NWS to issue more timely and accurate warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flash floods.

Screen Shot 2015-06-04 at 10.29.32 AMSKYWARN storm spotters are part of the ranks of citizens who form the Nation’s first line of defense against severe weather. There can be no finer reward than to know that their efforts have given communities the precious gift of time–seconds and minutes that can help save lives.

For more information about the class, call 910-997-8238.

 

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