NWS Holding Storm Spotter Training Classes

The National Weather Service is seeking volunteers to be trained to be storm spotters for the spring severe weather season. 

Meteorologist Andrew Ansorge says spotter classes will begin next month.

In-person and virtual weather spotter training begins next week and will continue through early April. 

Several in-person classes will be held in the KMCH listening area, including:

• The Jones/Jackson County Spotter Training on Monday, March 11th at 6:30 pm at Calkins Barn in Wyoming
• The Linn County Spotter Training on Saturday, March 23rd at 1 pm at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Marion
• The Buchanan County Spotter Training on Monday, March 25th at 7 pm at the new Emergency Operations Center in Independence
• The Dubuque County Spotter Training on Tuesday, March 26th at 6 pm at Dubuque County Emergency Management in Dubuque

Virtual classes will be held Monday, February 26th at 6 pm and Tuesday, March 19th at 2 pm.

You may attend a class in any location regardless of where you live. The classes are about two hours long. The training is free and open to the public. 

You can find more information about the storm spotter training classes on the National Weather Service Quad Cities website at weather.gov/dvn.

audio courtesy of Radio Iowa; photo courtesy of NWS