[PHX-Skywarn] 2005 Spotter Training Dates

[Allen Sklar]

Hello All
Here are the dates for NWS Spotter training.......
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/psr/general/skywarn/index.php?wfo=psr#training

 Allen Sklar
Tempe AZ USA
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SPOTTER  TRAINING 2005

NWS personnel regularly conduct spotter training sessions....both at the
Weather Service Forecast Office in Phoenix, and at remote locations from
around the CWA. Severe weather spotter training for new and existing
volunteer spotters will be conducted by the National Weather Service
Phoenix Forecast Office at the times and locations shown below:

LOCATION: Peoria Fire and Police Building, Palo Verde Room. 8351 W.
Cinnabar Ave, Peoria. DATE/TIME: May 12, 2005 (Thursday). 7:00 - 9:00
pm.

LOCATION: Gila Bend Town Hall (west end of town).  DATE/TIME: May 18,
2005 (Wednesday). 12 Noon.

LOCATION: Yuma Fire Station #1 (downtown Yuma, on 3rd Ave. across from
the library).  DATE/TIME: May 18, 2005 (Wednesday). 7 pm.

LOCATION: Mesa Fire Station 201. 360 West 1st Street, Mesa, AZ.
DATE/TIME: June 4, 2005 (Saturday). 1:00 - 3:00 pm.

The training classes will prepare the SKYWARN volunteer spotter to
identify the development stages of severe thunderstorms, as well as
downbursts, desert flash flooding, and tornados. The observed
information is relayed to the NWS via telephone or amateur radio. The
NWS uses the information in severe weather warnings and statements,
that ultimately save lives and protect property.

Adult SKYWARN volunteers are community spirited individuals, who
understand that they play an essential role in providing storm
information to the National Weather Service. Spotters are also hikers,
sports and outdoor enthusiasts, and those who routinely work outdoors.
Many volunteer spotters are amateur radio operators and participate in
a special amateur radio network during severe weather.

If you have any questions, please contact either Steve Sipple at
602-275-7002 ext 537, or David Runyan - 602-275-7002 ext 223 - at the
NWS Phoenix Forecast Office. Please call during business hours only - 7
am to 330 pm M-F. They will be happy to answer them for you!

** We especially need new spotters in the remote areas of our County
Warning Area (CWA), which includes Maricopa, northwest Pinal, and
southern Gila counties!