Local Area SKYWARN Spotter Training Class - Bergen County NJ - May 15 2012

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May 1, 2012, 10:31:21 AM5/1/12
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The NWS New York, NY will soon be posting on their Website that there will be a SKYWARN Spotter Training Class at the Bergen County NJ Law and Public Safety Institute
 
May 15 2012 - 7:00 PM
Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute
281 Campgaw Road
Mahwah, NJ
 
Doors will open at 6:30PM, and the Class will run from 7:00 PM to about 9:00 or 9:30 PM Driving Directions are at: http://g.co/maps/ka7gx  and also: http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/bclpsi/directions.html When you arrive, please check the Video Screen in the Lobby for the exact location of the Classroom
 
From the NWS:
"Forecasters from the National Weather Service in New York City conduct storm spotter training sessions each year to help prepare spotters for the upcoming severe weather season. The training sessions are typically about three hours long and cover fundamental information that every spotter needs to know, with a focus on safety, identification of key weather features and proper reporting procedures.
 
All NWS Trained Spotters are required, by the NWS New York, NY, to retrain at least once every 3 years.
 
If you know of others looking to become SKYWARN Spotters and assist the NWS in their mission to protect lives and property, please send this this info. There is no requirement that SKYWARN Spotters also be amateur radio operators (over 40% of the 300,000 Spotter are though). All are welcome to attend SKYWARN Spotter Training Class, anywhere in the area. This and all local SKYWARN Spotter training classes are offered FREE of Charge by the NWS, taught by a Staff Meteorologist and you do not need to reside in the County in which the Class is held, or even the County Warning Area of the NWS New York NY.
 
PLEASE NOTE: Pre-registration for this Class is REQUIRED and will soon be able to be done online at: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/okx/Skywarn/spottertraining2012.html
 
The NWS will post this Class at the link above, and include a link to their Registration Form. Details will be able to be checked and verified at the Class, again, PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED and will soon be available at: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/okx/Skywarn/spottertraining2012.html
 
George Sabbi
NWS SKYWARN Coordinator Bergen County NJ
Twitter Feed: www.twitter.com/WX2BC (@WX2BC)
 
 
Joyce Birmingham
NWS Deputy SKYWARN Coordinator Bergen County NJ
Twitter Feed: www.twitter.com/WX2BC (@WX2BC)
 
 
 
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