SKYWARN Severe Weather Spotter Training in Thorp
Friday, April 6th, 2018 -- 9:06 AM
-The National Weather Service will be holding a SKYWARN Severe Weather Spotter Training in Thorp on Wednesday, April 11th.The training will be held at the Thorp Fire Station starting at 6:30 p.m. The class will last around two hours and includes a multimedia presentation. Training is intended for storm spotters or potential storm spotters, but is open to the public and free of charge. A review of recent and past severe weather will be included. The NWS relies heavily on actual storm reports from "spotters", which can include sheriff's departments, local emergency management officials, police and fire departments, amateur radio operators, or anyone else that has attended one of these classes. These reports can prompt warnings that save lives; a proven fact we’ve seen many times in our region.
Todd Shea, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the weather service in La Crosse, Wisconsin organizes the training each year and encourages large groups and active volunteers. Clark and Taylor Counties, as well as other areas of north central Wisconsin, always need more “ground-truth” weather reports to pass along to the National Weather Service. Again, training is Wednesday, April 11th in Thorp, Wisconsin starting at 6:30 p.m. Pre-registration is not needed.
Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.