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Volunteer Storm Spotters Help Experts Track Bad Weather in Texas

Tricia Clarke stood on a Lakeway hilltop, winds threatening to snatch the ball cap from her head, and pointed across miles of rolling, scrub-covered limestone countryside, past the distant blue line of Lake Travis, to a spot nearly 55 miles …

National Weather Service Looking for Oklahoma Storm Spotters

The National Weather Service is looking for a few good storm spotters in Oklahoma. National Weather Service forecasters are launching a series of classes for Oklahoma residents who want to learn more about severe weather. Podcast: Listen to How to …

With Spring Comes Training for Storm Spotters

With spring approaching, so is storm season in Louisiana and Mississippi. National Weather Service meteorologists are out on the road, training storm spotters to understand what they see in clouds and on the ground – and to call it in. …

NWS Office Offers Advanced Storm Spotter Training

The National Weather Service’s office in Wichita, Kansas, will be offering advanced storm spotter training for the first time since it started giving basic sessions more than 50 years ago. The Wichita Eagle reports meteorologist Robb Lawson will present the …