[Skywarn] Fwd: Some news and items of interest from NWS Norman

[Lloyd Colston]

Well, this was somewhat of a surprise but there's another online
training session from the Lubbock office.

lloyd


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From: Richard Smith - NOAA Federal <richard.smith at noaa.gov>
Date: Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:32 AM
Subject: Some news and items of interest from NWS Norman
To:


Good morning,

While we're enjoying unusually quiet weather for mid May, I wanted to
share some news and items that might be of interest to you:

STORM SPOTTER TRAINING WEBINAR
Our friends at the National Weather Service office in Lubbock, Texas
will be hosting a free storm spotter training webinar on Tuesday, May
21st starting at 630pm. Folks from Oklahoma and north Texas are more
than welcome to participate! More details here
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lub/?n=skywarn-2013-spotter#webinar

AWARE NEWSLETTER
You're invited to subscribe to AWARE, a monthly online newsletter
produced by our NWS Headquarters to enhance communication between NWS
and our partners in emergency management and public safety. You can
read the last edition at this link.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/Aware/pdfs/13april.pdf
To subscribe, go here
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/Aware/awarelist.shtml

NAPA REPORT RELEASED
The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) has completed its
study of the National Weather Service.  NAPA was selected to perform a
congressionally-requested study of the NWS, to provide a baseline look
at our operations and make recommendations on how to become the
“Second to None” weather service the Nation needs. The report is
available at this link
http://www.napawash.org/publications/forecast-for-the-future-assuring-the-capacity-of-the-national-weather-service/

Thanks!

Rick

Rick Smith - Warning Coordination Meteorologist
National Weather Service - Norman Forecast Office
120 David L. Boren Blvd., Suite 2400
Norman, OK 73072
NWS Norman Enhanced Web Page
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