[BCVHFA] Weather Spotters' Training

[K8CM]

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COURSE TITLE:  	Weather Spotters Training

DATE: 		February 2, 2006

LOCATION: 		Butler Tech Public Safety Education Complex
			5140 Princeton-Glendale Road
			Liberty Township, OH  45011

TIME: 			7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Wilmington uses Doppler
radar and satellite pictures as its primary tools to detect severe
weather. However, the most important tool for observing thunderstorms is
the trained eye of the storm spotter. Doppler radar gives indications of
air motions inside a storm, but will not show the wind at ground level.
It is impossible for any radar to detect every severe weather event in
its coverage area, and radar occasionally suggests severe weather when,
in fact, none is present. As a trained spotter, you perform an
invaluable service for the NWS. Your real-time observations of
tornadoes, hail, wind, and significant cloud formations provide a truly
reliable information base for severe weather detection and verification.
By providing observations, you are assisting the meteorologists at
Wilmington in their warning decisions, and enabling the NWS to fulfill
its mission of protecting life and property. You are helping to provide
the citizens of your community with potentially life-saving
information.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1)  Course minimum is 20 students.
2)  There are no course fees.
3)  Registration is limited to the first 100 applicants.

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TO APPLY FOR THIS COURSE
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1)  You will:
   a) Fill Out the application (attached).
   b)  Send the application to: (Please mail, email
(pattersonmr at butlercountyohio.org) or fax (513-785-5811) - no phone
registrations)
  	Butler County Emergency Management Agency
	315 High Street
	Suite 670
	Hamilton! OH 45011
	Fax 513-785-5811



Name______________________________________________________________
Title _______________________________________________________________
Organization ________________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________________
City __________________________________ Zip __________________________
Office Phone ________________________ Home Phone _____________________
Email ______________________________       Spotter 2006

William R. Turner
Director
Butler County Emergency Management Agency
315 High Street, Suite 670
Hamilton, OH  45011
513-785-5810
513-785-5811 Fax
www.butlercountyohio.org/ema