(Atlantic) The Cass County Emergency Management Agency will host a Storm Spotter Training Program Wednesday, April 12th at 7:00pm in the courtroom of the Cass County Courthouse. A meteorologist from the National Weather Service in Des Moines will provide participants with information for safely observing and reporting severe weather.
This training is open to the general public, requires no registration and is free. The course contains information about severe weather climatology, severe thunderstorm types, different severe weather threats and how to identify them, how to report severe weather, spotter safety and severe weather communications. Spotter training classes last between one and two hours.
Trained Spotters provide an invaluable service for the NWS. Real-time observations provide a truly reliable information base for severe weather detection and verification. Timely and accurate observations assist NWS staff members in their warning decisions, enabling the NWS to fulfill its mission of protecting life and property.
This Spotter Training class is sponsored by the Cass County Emergency Management Agency and questions concerning this training should be directed to the Cass County EMA Coordinator, Mike Kennon at 712-254-1500.
