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Danbury Hosts Workshop For Prospective Weather Spotters

DANBURY, Conn. -- Free training for people interested in becoming weather spotters will be held by the National Weather Service Skywarn Spotter Program on Tuesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. in Room 125 of the Science Building on Western Connecticut State University’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. 

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The free workshop will provide instruction about how to observe and report specific types of clouds that form before severe weather such as hail, high winds or a tornado. Safety tips will be provided on how to prepare for and respond to flash floods, severe thunderstorms and lightning.

The 2 1/2-hour class is open to the public, emergency managers, first responders, amateur radio operators, teachers and students at the eighth-grade level and above.

Attendees will receive a Spotter ID card upon completion of the class.

For more information, visit www.weather.gov/okx/SkywarnTraining, send an email to lessorg@wcsu.edu or call 837-8552.

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