SKYWARN Class Meets Today
February 27, 2024 – National Weather Service SKYWARN class is tonight at 6 pm. Meet at the Sulphur Springs City Hall at 201 North Davis Street. It is free and anyone can attend.
SKYWARN: Free Virtual Severe Weather Training Offered Tonight For Hopkins, Rockwall Counties
News Release – Feb. 7, 2022 In readiness for the 2022 season, the National Weather Service will be conducting a free, virtual severe weather training class for Hopkins County from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, February 17, 2022. Officially called the SKYWARN Storm Spotter Class, the program will be held in partnership with Sulphur Springs Police Department. The Hopkins County severe weather program is one of several training...
Free SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class To Be Held Virtually Jan. 26
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson reminds community residents interested in learning more about the weather that the annual SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class will be conducted virtually at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, according to the National Weather Service and Sulphur Springs Police Department. The class is offered free for people in Delta, Fannin, Hopkins and Lamar Counties. SKYWARN® is a citizen volunteer program...
Annual SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class To Be Conducted Virtually
The annual SKYWARN Storm Spotter Training Class will be conducted virtually this year, according to the National Weather Service and Sulphur Springs Police Department. The class is offered free for Delta, Fannin, Hopkins and Lamar Counties at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26. SKYWARN® is a citizen volunteer program with 350,000-400,000 trained severe weather spotters, citizens volunteers who help keep their local communities safe by providing...
SKYWARN Storm Spotter Class February 6th, 2020
The National Weather Service will be in town for a free severe weather training session. In 2019, North and Central Texas experienced 40 tornadoes and several damaging straight-line wind events. These storms resulted in millions of dollars of damage. The 2020 severe weather season is not too far away, and the National Weather Service and local emergency management officials want you to be ready. To get ready, you are invited to this...
Skywarn Storm Spotter Training in Emory, January 22, 2018
A SkyWarn class will be offered in Emory at the Emory City Center January 22, 2018. The event begins at 6 p.m. January 22, 2018. The United States is the most severe weather-prone country in the world. Each year, people in this country cope with an average of 10,000 thunderstorms, 5,000 floods, 1,200 tornadoes, and two landfalling hurricanes. Approximately 90% of all presidentially declared disasters are weather-related, causing...
SKYWARN Training Boosts Storm Spotting Skills
A small number of area citizens participated in the National Weather Service SKYWARN training at Sulphur Springs City Hall Council chambers Thursday night. Mark Fox, Meteorologist with the NWS presented various photos and videos that depicted various types of cloud formations and severity of storms. Fox stated that without instruments most people misjudge the speed of wind. He stated there are various ways to judge wind speed without...
SKYWARN Severe Weather Class Set for February 9th
North and Central Texas had it all in 2016 when it came to storms. The National Weather Service will be offering a free class at the SKYWARN severe weather program on Thursday, February 9 th, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The program will be held at City Hall in Sulphur Springs and is held in partnership with Hopkins County Emergency Management and Sulphur Springs Police Department. This class is free of charge and no pre-registration is...
SKYWARN Severe Weather Program in Sulphur Springs Next Week
The National Weather Service in Fort Worth is offering its’ SKYWARN severe weather program in Sulphur Springs next week to get people prepared for the severe weather season this year. SKYWARN is scheduled next Thursday at Sulphur Springs City Hall from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. The program is offered free and preregistration is not necessary. The class is for storm spotters as well as anyone with an interest in learning more about severe...
Severe Weather Education Class Scheduled for Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
February 22, 2024 – The 2024 spring severe weather season is not too far away, and the National Weather Service and local public safety officials want you to be ready. The National Weather Service (NWS) Office located in Fort Worth will be conducting a free Severe Weather Education class in Hopkins County on Tuesday, February 27th, 2024, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Sulphur Springs City Hall. Officially known as the SKYWARN Storm...
