Santa Clarita Valley residents interested in becoming a National Weather Service Storm Spotter can attend a free training in the Council Chambers at City Hall on Wednesday, March 13 at 7 p.m.
Across the SSCV, there are more than 100 Storm Spotters who voluntarily call into the NWS to report severe weather situations.
The reports submitted by these spotters improve the accuracy of NWS’s local weather forecasts and warnings.
The city has partnered with the National Weather Service to provide free training for the last 18 years. The Storm Spotter Program is an initiative set up by the Service to enlist local volunteers to help report severe weather situations.
Storm Spotters are instructed to call in a report to the NWS office in Oxnard when severe weather occurs. Those reports are then used to improve the local weather forecasts and warnings that the National Weather Service sends out.
Attendees at the 90-minute training session will receive background information about the National Weather Service, learn about different severe weather hazards and ask any questions they may have.
Personal weather equipment is not required to become an official Storm Spotter. Newly trained Spotters will receive a personal Spotter identification number and a packet including Spotter instructions.
For more information about the Storm Spotter training, contact Joe Sirard at joe.sirard@noaa.gov or visit santa-clarita.com/emergency.
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