The 2011 severe weather season is fast approaching. Each year local National Weather Service offices conduct a weather preparedness campaign in various locations across the West Texas. These Skywarn severe weather training programs have been scheduled across the area as part of a public education program prior to severe storm season.
At these Skywarn training programs experts from the National Weather Service will discuss thunderstorm formation, severe weather production, and features associated with severe storms. The presentations will also review tornado formation and behavior. Spotting operations and recommended reporting procedures will also be covered in the sessions.
These programs are free and open to the public. Even if you don’t want to become an active storm spotter, you will learn about how storms work and the visual clues you can identify when storms are in your area.
We, at the KTAB Weather Team, consider the storm spotter network a vital part in communicating important information to viewers when storms threaten our area.
I strongly encourage KTAB viewers to attend the local Skywarn training sessions that are being held near your community. Better trained viewers means better prepared viewers when severe weather occurs.
A complete list of area Skywarn training sessions is posted on our website: www.bigcountryhomepage.com.
Find the session nearest you, and we’ll see you there!
