On October 14, 2014, the NOAA Disaster Response Center (DRC) hosted the annual SkyWarn Program Storm Spotter Training offered by the Mobile-Pensacola Weather Forecasting Office.

During this two hour class, the students learned about the:

• Basics of thunderstorm development
  
• Fundamentals of storm structure
  
• Ways to identify potential severe weather features
  
• Information report system
  
• Basic severe weather safety
  

This class will be held annually at the DRC as well as through other emergency management agencies.

For more information about the DRC's annual class, please contact Katie.Krushinski@noaa.gov.

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