SKYWARN™ Spotter Training, also known as SKYWARN™ School, was held in the Brownlee Auditorium of the Granville Arts Center in Garland, Texas on Saturday, 16 February 2013. The morning sessions provided basic storm spotter training and was attended by 367 people. The afternoon sessions provided advanced storm spotter training and was attended by 175 to 200 people. Thanks to the Garland Office of Emergency Management (OEM) for sponsoring these training sessions and paying for the use of the venue. This was the 38th consecutive year to have SKYWARN™ training in Garland, Texas.
Representatives of the National Weather Service office in Fort Worth, Texas, including Mark Fox, Dennis Cavanaugh, and Jason Dunn, taught this school. Online training from the National Weather Service is available at http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/index.html. Follow National Weather Service of Fort Worth on Twitter @NWSFortWorth.
Next year the Garland, Texas SKYWARN™ School is scheduled for Saturday, 15 February 2014.
The following photograph of the Garland SKYWARN™ School on Saturday, 16 February 2013 is from Walt Mayfield, KE5SOO, ARRL North Texas Section Manager, via ARRL_NTX Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/116786575014964/.
Representatives of the National Weather Service office in Fort Worth, Texas, including Mark Fox, Dennis Cavanaugh, and Jason Dunn, taught this school. Online training from the National Weather Service is available at http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/index.html. Follow National Weather Service of Fort Worth on Twitter @NWSFortWorth.
Next year the Garland, Texas SKYWARN™ School is scheduled for Saturday, 15 February 2014.
The following photograph of the Garland SKYWARN™ School on Saturday, 16 February 2013 is from Walt Mayfield, KE5SOO, ARRL North Texas Section Manager, via ARRL_NTX Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/116786575014964/.
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