[warn-news] Severe Weather Spotter Training

[Mike Nie]

In the midst of the cold and snow, it's hard to think about the threat of
severe thunderstorms and tornados, but the people who work to keep everyone
safe from violent weather have already begun preparing for spring storms.
The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Wilmington, OH and local
emergency planners in conjunction with other agencies are already scheduling
training classes to teach interested people how to detect and report severe
weather.  These trained volunteer spotters are a very important part of
warning the public about damaging weather.  At the same time, it's important
to note that the NWS discourages storm chasing in the Cincinnati area,
pointing out the vast difference between spotting and chasing.

 

The annual training class sponsored by the Weather Amateur Radio Network has
been scheduled for Friday, April 1, 2011 at 7:00pm, in the usual place, the
American Red Cross building on Kenwood Road in Blue Ash.  For more
information on this class, please see http://www.warn.org/training.  It's
sponsored by WARN, taught by the National Weather Service, in conjunction
with the Hamilton County Emergency Management Agency, in a facility provided
by the Red Cross - a real group effort.  This particular class has a little
additional content for amateur radio operators, but everyone is welcome.
Other classes are scheduled throughout the County Warning Area of the
Wilmington office of the NWS.  The latest schedule is always posted at
http://www.weather.gov/iln/training.php.  It is changing quickly as more
classes are added, so check back frequently.

 

The NWS works with local agencies, many times county Emergency Management
Agencies, to schedule and host the classes.

 

The Weather Amateur Radio Network (WARN) is a Cincinnati based volunteer
organization of amateur radio equipped weather spotters that works with the
NWS office in Wilmington and operates in a 17 county area surrounding
Cincinnati.  They primarily work to collect severe weather reports and
report them to ILN using amateur (HAM) radio.  WARN also assists in
coordinating Cincinnati area classes and training, as well as publicizing
weather related training, drills, and other information.  You can view our
web site at http://www.warn.org.

 

Mike Nie

 

 

Mike Nie - W8VMX

Public Information Officer

Weather Amateur Radio Network (WARN)

mnie at warn.org

 

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