WHAT IS SKYWARN?
SKYWARN is a National Weather Service program of trained volunteer severe weather spotters. Volunteers support their local community by providing the NWS with timely and accurate severe weather reports. These reports, when integrated with modern NWS technology, are used to inform communities of the proper actions to take as severe weather threatens. The key focus of the Skywarn program is to save lives and property through the use of the observations and reports of trained volunteers. Skywarn volunteers donate thousands of hours and the use of their own personal radio equipment and vehicles to give their communities advanced warning of life threatening weather. Since the NWS instituted the Skywarn program, there has been a significant decrease in the death rate due to tornadoes and other severe weather.
See below for online Skywarn training resources. Please note, however, these do not replace the formal Skywarn class training offered by the National Weather Service.
Training Opportunities - ILM-SKYWARN
(None at this time.)
Training Opportunities - Raleigh Area / Central Carolina Skywarn
(None at this time.)