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Contact: Mark Fox FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
817.831.1157
Storm Spotter Training Program Scheduled for Saturday, February 24th
The National Weather Service will be in town for a free severe weather training session. The
past year has brought extremes to the state of Texas. We had numerous tornadoes on April
29t" but we also had areas of drought and wildfires. We even had record setting rains near
Houston from Hurricane Harvey. In other words, 2017 pretty much had it all. The 2018 severe
weather season is not too far away, and the National Weather Service and local emergency
management officials want you to be ready.
To get ready, you are invited to the most recent SKYWARN storm spotter class. The National
Weather Service will be offering a free class at the SKYWARN severe weather program on
Saturday, February 24, 2018, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The program will be held at the
TWU Music Building and Margo Jones Performance Hall, 305 Pioneer Circle, and is
held in partnership with the City of Denton Office of Emergency Management, Denton County
Emergency Services, Denton County Amateur Radio Emergency Services, and Texas Woman's
University Emergency Management.
This class is free of charge and no pre-registration is necessary. This class is for organized
storm spotters and/or anyone with an interest in severe weather. This is part of a regional
severe weather preparedness campaign, which will include spotter training sessions across 46
counties in North and Central Texas. Other classes in the region can be found on the full
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This year's program discusses thunderstorm formation, ingredients, and features associated
with severe and non-severe storms. The program discusses severe weather ingredients by
taking a close look at the meteorology behind the Canton area tornado outbreak. Additionally,
the program highlights severe weather safety and how you can report severe weather
information back to local public safety officials.
By coming to this training session, you will gain a better understanding of Texas' severe
weather season," says Tom Bradshaw, Meteorologist-in-Charge of the NWS Fort worth Office.
"Waiting until storms are on your doorstep is not the time to start thinking about severe weather
preparedness. We hope you attend these free sessions to learn more about the severe storms
that impact the region every year."
The Denton severe weather program is one of 46 training sessions that the Fort Worth NWS
Office will conduct between January and March 2018, with a session in each county. The
National Weather Service in Fort Worth provides forecasts, warnings, and weather services for
46 counties in north and north-central Texas. For more information on severe weather, visit our
website at http://www.weather.gov/fortworth, on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/NWSDallasFortWorth and on Twitter: @NWSFortWorth.
f dr @NWSFortWorth
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