TORNADO SPOTTERS CLASS...

 The effects of severe weather are felt every year by many Americans. To obtain critical weather information, NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, established SKYWARN® with partner organizations.

M.Richardson - Bullitt County EMA

What appears to be a "funnel cloud" is actually a low hanging "scud cloud". Learn more about these and other cloud types at our upcoming Tornado Spotters Class.

SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service.

What appears to be a "funnel cloud" is actually a low hanging "scud cloud". Learn more about these and other cloud types at our upcoming Tornado Spotters Class.

Although SKYWARN® spotters provide essential information for all types of weather hazards, the main responsibility of a SKYWARN® spotter is to identify and describe severe local storms. In the average year, 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 5,000 floods and more than 1,000 tornadoes occur across the United States. These events threatened lives and property.

Since the program started in the 1970s, the information provided by SKYWARN® spotters, coupled with Doppler radar technology, improved satellite and other data, has enabled NWS to issue more timely and accurate warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flash floods.

SKYWARN® storm spotters are part of the ranks of citizens who form the Nation’s first line of defense against severe weather. There can be no finer reward than to know that their efforts have given communities the precious gift of time–seconds and minutes that can help save lives.

This coming Thursday night (March 24th) Bullitt County Emergency Management will be hosting a "Tornado Spotters Class" at the Zoneton Fire Department located at 5328 North Preston Hwy.  The class will start at 7:00 PM.  This class is FREE to the public and all of interest are encouraged to attend. 

For more information, contact... Marke Richardson at the Bullitt County Emergency Management Office at 502-543-3189 between the hours of 0800 and 4:00 PM.