SKYWARN Severe Weather Spotter Training Offered

Emergency Management - April 22, 2009
Contact: Michelle Brock, 661-6440

The National Weather Service, the Forsyth County Office of Emergency Management and Guilford County Emergency Services are sponsoring SKYWARN Severe Weather Spotter Training and a review of the tornadoes in Clemmons and Greensboro, Wednesday, April 29, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Woodland Hall at Triad Park, 9652 W. Market Street, Kernersville.

The class will include how and why buildings fail in high winds; thunderstorm development and severity; recognizing storm and cloud elements; anticipating storm motions, intensity and severity based on cloud structure; and lightning dynamics and threats.

The class is free. For more information, call Michelle Brock at 661-6440 or Jeff Orrock with the National Weather Service at (919) 515-8209, ext. 223, or send an e-mail to michelleb@cityofwsfire.org.