MIDLAND, Texas — Chief Meteorologist Jordan Frazier sat down with Amber Hluchan, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Midland, to discuss the Skywarn Spotter Training.
Skywarn is a volunteer program with almost 290,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service.
If interested, here's the upcoming in-person training sessions all across West Texas:
- Monahans, TX
- Monday, March 18
- 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Ward County Event Center - 1525 E. Monahans Pkwy.
- Seminole, TX
- Tuesday, March 19
- 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Seminole Community Building - 801 N. Main
- Lamesa, TX
- Wednesday, April 10
- 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Forrest Park Community Center - 900 S. Houston Ave.
- Big Spring, TX
- Friday, April 12
- 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Ryan Hall - 605 North Main
- Odessa, TX
- Tuesday, April 16
- 6 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
- Odessa Fire & Rescue Station 6 - 2110 Penbrook St.
- Marfa, TX
- Monday, April 22
- 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Marfa Fire Station - 106 E. Lincoln St.
- Alpine, TX
- Tuesday, April 23
- 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
- Sul Ross Turner Range Animal Science Building - Room 130
There's also two virtual trainings:
- Thursday, April 4
- 6:30 p.m.
- Registration link coming soon!
- Thursday, April 11: Advanced Session
- 6:30 p.m.
- Registration link coming soon!
To learn more about how to be a storm spotter, visit their website.