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Tulsa, OK

Weather Forecast Office

WFO Tulsa Spotter Training

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Storm Spotter Training 2025

 

We will begin scheduling training across eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas for the 2025 spring season in mid to late December, and sessions will be posted to this page as they are scheduled.

 

Throughout eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas, trained and dedicated individuals monitor the skies around their communities during severe weather events. These storm spotters provide first-hand severe weather reports to their local officials, and to the National Weather Service in Tulsa, which are used to make critical warning decisions.
 
Being a storm spotter not only means dedication but also training. Each winter and spring the Tulsa office of the National Weather Service trains members of police & fire departments, emergency management officials, and amateur radio operators on spotting techniques. Typically, the training is coordinated by a local group (such as an emergency management agency) and a NWS meteorologist serves as the guest instructor. The goal of the training is not just to recognize tornadoes, but to have some understanding of storm structure, which in turn better prepares the spotter for the extreme and unusual circumstances. Other topics covered include an update on the latest NWS technology and procedures, ideas for organizing/coordinating spotter groups, severe weather reporting, and important safety considerations.
 
The training is free, and all the classes listed below are open to the public, and are conducted in-person at the specified hosting site.  No pre-registration is required.  Virtual training sessions will be scheduled toward the end of the season to ensure available dates for requested in-person training. The virtual training sessions (when scheduled) will require a preregistration.  Choose the virtual session that you'd like to attend, click the registration link associated with that date's session (when available), and complete the information requested to register.
 
 
Contact WCM Ed Calianese for any questions.
 

 

January 2025
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Thursday 13 Nowata Delaware 630 pm Delaware Community Center
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Saturday 15 Tulsa Owasso 900 am Old Central Building, 212 N Birch St.
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