The National Weather Service in Dodge City provides storm identification/spotter training sessions each spring. These sessions are done in cooperation with county Emergency Management agencies across the area. All training is free, is open for anyone to attend, and is not designed for just storm spotters. Anyone with a desire to learn how to identify severe weather and to learn about the dangers from these storms is encouraged to attend. The programs last a little over an hour.
Counties that will have training include: Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Kiowa, Lane, Meade, Morton, Ness, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Scott, Seward, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, and Trego. Check back often for updates.
The following is a schedule for training through April:
| March, 2010 - Upcoming | |||
| Day | City, State | Time | Location |
| 01 | Dodge City, KS
(Ford County) |
7:00pm CST | Rose room, basement of the Govn center, 100 Gunsmoke |
| 02 | Johnson, KS
(Stanton County) |
7:00pm CST | 4H building - E. Greenwood South Ave. |
| 04 | Lakin, KS
(Kearny County) |
7:00pm CST | Library meeting room - 307 N. Main |
| 08 | Garden City, KS
(Finney County) |
3:00pm CST | Law Enforcement Center - 304 N. 9th |
| 08 | Garden City, KS
(Finney County) |
7:00pm CST | Law Enforcement Center - 304 N. 9th |
| 09 | Ulysses, KS
(Grant County) |
7:00pm CST | Fair Grounds - Lawson Room |
| 10 | Syracuse, KS
(Hamilton County) |
6:30pm MST | High School lecture hall - Main Street |
| 11 | Dighton, KS
(Lane County) |
7:00pm CST | Courthouse Community Room - 144 S. Lane |