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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
NZC504-NZC503
500 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2008
...SKYWARN SPOTTER TRAINING TO BE HELD AT THE BURKE COUNTY EMERGENCY
SERVICES BUILDING MAY 20TH AND 21ST 2008...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...IN CONJUNCTION WITH BURKE COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...WILL CONDUCT TWO BASIC SKYWARN SPOTTER
TRAINING SESSIONS AT THE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES BUILDING AT 200
AVERY AVENUE...MORGANTON NORTH CAROLINA. THE FIRST CLASS WILL BE
HELD ON MAY 20TH AT 830 AM...AND THE SECOND CLASS WILL BE HELD ON
THE 21ST AT 6 PM. THE TRAINING TYPICALLY LASTS AROUND TWO HOURS.
THESE CLASSES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC...AND YOU DO NOT HAVE
TO BE A BURKE COUNTY RESIDENT TO ATTEND.
SKYWARN SPOTTERS SERVE A CRITICAL ROLE IN HELPING THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE ISSUE TIMELY HAZARDOUS WEATHER WARNINGS...AND IN
PROTECTING THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. DURING THE TRAINING SESSION YOU
WILL LEARN HOW TO OBSERVE AND REPORT THREATENING WEATHER...INCLUDING
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...HAIL AND DEVELOPING TORNADOES. WE WILL
ALSO DISCUSS THREATS FROM HEAVY RAIN INCLUDING FLOODS AND FLASH
FLOODS. SPOTTERS WILL LEARN WHERE TO LOOK ON THE INTERNET FOR
WEATHER INFORMATION...INCLUDING CURRENT WATCHES...WARNINGS AND RADAR
DATA.
IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE TRAINING...OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS...
PLEASE SEND AN EMAIL TO GS, DOT, WEDMASTER, AT NOAA, DOT, GOV. YOU
DO NOT HAVE TO CONTACT US AHEAD OF TIME TO ATTEND...BUT THIS WILL
GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE TO EXPECT.
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