These alerts are supported by Skywarn spotters, who, after completing the class, help fill in the gaps by reporting ground-level conditions that radar and satellite data can’t capture.

If you have an interest in learning more about severe weather, the National Weather Service offers FREE storm spotter training classes.

BECKETT: Radar can't see everything. Reporter learns to trust her eyes with storm spotter class Mar 14, 2019 Mar 14, 2019 0 1 of 2 ...

A storm spotter is anyone in the area of severe weather who can report what they see to first responders or NWS so they know what actions to take.

Rusty Kapela of the National Weather Service out of Sullivan spoke about telling the difference between funnel clouds and tornadoes. He also spoke about the role of spotters in the community ...

Local News Storm spotter classes coming to Arkansas cities ahead of severe weather season Radar helps meteorologists detect storms, but it can’t always confirm what’s happening at ground level.

The NWS relies on trained storm spotters areawide to provide real-time observations of severe weather events from their locations, such as tornadoes, hail, flooding, and winter weather.

Snow might be in the forecast, but the National Weather Service already is thinking about tornadoes, hail and spring storms. The weather service is seeking volunteer storm spotters and began ...

City officials hope to have as many trained eyes as possible watching for storm clouds during Oklahoma's upcoming tornado season.And to train those eyes, the City will hold a storm spotters ...

Storm Spotter training classes scheduled for this Saturday at UD have been canceled. Skywarn posted on Facebook that all face-to-face trainings have been postponed. A date for when the class ...

Last spring's severe weather spotters' classes in Columbia County were record-breakers, and this spring's classes are on track to be just as crowded, if not more so.