2011 NWS Spotter Training Classes

Spotter Program Overview

2011 Class Schedule

Thursday Jan 20
Yuma, AZ
Yuma County
2404 24th St
Time:TBD
Remarks: None
Instructor(s): TBD

Saturday February 5
Globe, AZ
Gila County
5515 S Apache Ave
Time: 1:00 pm
Remarks: None
Instructor(s): TBD

Tuesday March 22
Scottsdale, AZ
Maricopa County
Address: TBD
7:00 pm
Remarks: None
Instructor(s): TBD

Saturday March 26
Glendale, AZ
Maricopa County
11550 W Glendale Ave
Time: 1:00 pm
Remarks: Registration to Veronica Steele 623-872-5090
Instructor(s): TBD

Saturday April 9
Globe, AZ
Gila County
5515 S Apache Ave
1:00 pm
Remarks: None
Instructor(s): TBD

Wednesday April 13
Peoria, AZ
Maricopa County
8351 W Cinnabar Ave
Time: 7:00 pm
Remarks: None
Instructor(s): TBD

Thursday April 14
Avondale, AZ
Maricopa County
1825 N 107th Ave
6:30 pm
Remarks: None
Instructor(s): TBD

Saturday May 21
Avondale, AZ
Maricopa County
1825 N 107th Ave
10:00 am
Remarks: ADVANCED CLASS
Instructor(s): TBD

The training classes will prepare the volunteer spotter to identify the development stages of severe thunderstorms, as well as downbursts, desert flash flooding, and tornadoes. The observed information is relayed to the NWS via telephone or amateur radio. The NWS uses the information in severe weather warnings and statements, that ultimately save lives and protect property.

Adult volunteers are community spirited individuals, who understand that they play an essential role in providing storm information to the National Weather Service. Spotters are also hikers, sports and outdoor enthusiasts, and those who routinely work outdoors.

If you have any questions, please contact Ken Waters at 602-275-0073 [option '5'] or by e-mail at the NWS Phoenix Forecast Office.

We especially need new spotters who are year-round residents of the remote areas of our County Warning Area (CWA), which includes Maricopa, Yuma, La Paz, Riverside, Imperial, northwest Pinal, and southern Gila counties!

via www.wrh.noaa.gov