[InHam] 2005 Skywarn Training Class

[rgriggs at w9mka.com]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Skywarn Training Class
Henry County Amateur Radio Emergency Services to host storm spotter class
NEWS SUMMARY: The Indianapolis National Weather Service (NWS) office will
be presenting a SKYWARN Storm Spotter training class for the general public
and the amateur radio community.

(Middletown, February 22, 2005)  The Henry County Amateur Radio Emergency
Services in cooperation with the National Weather Service (NWS) and the
Middletown Fire Department is sponsoring the SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training
Class.

SKYWARN training is open to anyone that has an interest in weather and has
a desire to help in this public service effort.  The training will be held
February 22, at the Middletown Fire Department, which is located at 653
Locust St., Middletown, Indiana at 6:30 PM.

SKYWARN is a partnership between the National Weather Service and the
community, designed to help reduce the threat from severe weather.  The key
element of this partnership is a network of volunteer non-NWS personnel
("storm spotters") who relay reports of severe weather to the NWS.  Even
with today's new technology at our disposal, only one instrument can detect
severe weather phenomena directly with absolute certainty, the human eye. 
A large network of spotters can be a great benefit to the NWS warning
program.

The basis for, and/or verification of, many severe weather warnings, issued
by the NWS, may be directly attributed to SKYWARN storm spotters.  Their
reports are considered highly credible by NWS personnel, and are regarded
highly.  They assist the NWS in performing its top mission, which is to
prepare and distribute warnings and forecasts of impending severe weather.  

SKYWARN Storm Spotters help to provide the citizens of their community with
potentially life-saving information.

In the training class, information will be presented on many aspects of
severe weather including the various types of thunderstorms, tornadoes,
hail, lightning, flooding, and Storm Spotter safety precautions.  Also, the
spotters will be trained on what information to report back to the NWS.

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