NOTE: The Meade county presentation will be at 600 PM, not 700 PM.
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 about 1 1/2 hours.
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:
| February, 2013 - Completed | |||
| Day | City, State | Time | Location |
| 26 | Ulysses, KS
(Grant County) |
7:00pm CST | Fair Grounds in the Lawson room |
| 27 | Pratt, KS
(Pratt County) |
7:00pm CST | Community Center - 619 North Main |
| 28 | Dodge City, KS
(Ford County) |
7:00pm CST | Sheriff's Office training room |
| March, 2013 - Completed | |||
| Day | City, State | Time | Location |
| 04 | Garden City, KS
(Finney County) |
3:00pm CST | Finney County Fairgrounds - 209 Lake |
| 04 | Garden City, KS
(Finney County) |
7:00pm CST | Finney County Fairgrounds - 209 Lake |
| 05 | Johnson, KS
(Stanton County) |
7:00pm CST | 4H building - East Greenwood South Ave. |
| 06 | Syracuse, KS
(Hamilton County) |
6:30pm MST | High School lecture hall - Main St. |
| 07 | Cimarron, KS
(Gray County) |
7:00pm CST | 4H building - 17002 US Hwy 50 |
| 11 | LaCrosse, KS
(Rush County) |
7:00pm CDT | Fire station on Main street |
| 12 | Lakin, KS
(Kearny County) |
7:00pm CDT | Library meeting room - 307 North Main |
| 13 | Hays, KS
(Ellis County) |
7:00pm CDT | Sternberg Museum |
| 14 | Meade, KS
(Meade County) |
6:00pm CDT | EMT station - 725 W. Carthage or west HWY 54/160 |
| 18 | Greensburg, KS
(Kiowa County) |
7:00pm CDT | Community Center - 720 N. Bay Street |
| 19 | Liberal, KS
(Seward County) |
7:00pm CDT | Fairgrounds Activity Center |
| 20 | Jetmore, KS
(Hodgeman County) |
7:00pm CDT | King Center on Main street |
| 21 | Larned, KS
(Pawnee County) |
7:00pm CDT | JA Hass building at the Fairgrounds |
| 25 | Scott City, KS
(Scott County) |
7:00pm CDT | EMS - 110 East 4th |
| 26 | Hugoton, KS
(Stevens County) |
7:00pm CDT | EMS training center - 428 Jackson St. |
| 27 | Medicine Lodge, KS
(Barber County) |
7:00pm CDT | K of C hall - 410 West Kansas |
| 28 | Dighton, KS
(Lane County) |
7:00pm CDT | Courthouse Community Room - 144 S. Lane |
| April, 2013 - Completed | |||
| Day | City, State | Time | Location |
| 01 | Minneola, KS
(Clark County) |
7:00pm CDT | EMS Building - 109 Poplar St. |
| 02 | Sublette, KS
(Haskell County) |
7:00pm CDT | Basement meeting room at the COOP |
| 04 | Kinsley, KS
(Edwards County) |
7:00pm CDT | 4H building at the fairgrounds |
| 08 | St. John, KS
(Stafford County) |
7:00pm CDT | Courthouse Annex building - 210 East 3rd |
| 09 | Coldwater, KS
(Comanche County) |
7:00pm CDT | High School - 600 North Leavenworth |
| 10 | Ness City, KS
(Ness County) |
7:00pm CDT | Emergency Operations Center - 105 S Pennsylvania |
| 11 | Elkhart, KS
(Morton County) |
7:00pm CDT | Morton County Civic Center - 400 E Orchard |
| 17 | Wakeeney, KS
(Trego County) |
7:15pm CDT | 4H building at the Fairgrounds |
| There are currently no outreach events scheduled. | |||