National Weather Service
Storm Spotter Training
National Weather
Service
Storm Spotter Training
Introduction
Presentation Topics
Your National Weather
Service
www.weather.gov
Sources of Weather
Information
NWS Homepage
NWS Homepage
NOAA ALL Hazards Weather Radio
NWS Products
Why we need spotters
Why we need spotters
Why we need spotters
Why we need spotters
Why we need spotters
Why we need spotters
Why we need spotters
Why we need spotters
Why we need spotters
Why we need spotters
5 cm vs. 10 cm
5 cm vs. 10 cm
Real-time radars?
Important Definitions
Tornado Warning Criteria
Severe Thunderstorm
Criteria
Flash Flood Warning
Criteria
Spotter Groups
The Effective Spotter
Report
The Effective Spotter
Report
The Effective Spotter
Report
What to report- tornado
What to report- wind
Estimating wind speed
Estimating Wind Speed
What to report- hail
What to Report- hail
What to report- damage
What to report- flood
What to report- flood
What to report- flood
What to report- flood
What to report- snow
E-Spotter
E-spotter
Severe Weather
Climatology
Weather Fatalities
Thunderstorm Climatology
Severe Weather
Climatology
Severe Weather
Climatology
Tornado Alley
Tornado Climatology
Tornado Climatology
Tornado Climatology
Tornado Climatology
Mumbo jumbo
Thunderstorm Life Cycle
Common Thunderstorm Types
Multicell Thunderstorm
Multicell Thunderstorm
Squall Line
Squall Line
Squall Line
Classic Supercell
Thunderstorm
Classic Supercell
Thunderstorm
Updraft/Downdraft
Tornadogenesis
Rear Flank Downdraft
Rear Flank Downdraft
Classic Supercell
Thunderstorm
Classic Supercell
Thunderstorm
Mini Supercell
HP Supercell
Classic vs. HP comparison
HP Supercell
HP Supercell
HP Supercell
HP Supercell
HP Supercell
HP Supercell
HP Supercell
HP Supercell
HP Supercell
HP Supercell
LP Supercell
LP Supercell
LP Supercell
LP Supercell
LP Supercell
Spotter Positioning
Spotter Positioning
Spotter Positioning
Spotter Positioning
Spotter Positioning
Spotter Positioning
Thunderstorm components
Updraft Characteristics
Downdraft Characteristics
Updraft/Downdraft
Updraft/Downdraft
Updraft/Downdraft
Upper Level Storm
Strength Clues
Mid Level Storm Strength
Clues
Wall Clouds
Wall Cloud
Characteristics
Shear vs. Rotation
Wall Cloud Development
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Wall Cloud
Funnel Clouds
Tornado
Funnel Cloud
Funnel Cloud
Funnel Cloud
Tornado
Funnel Cloud or Tornado
Funnel Cloud or Tornado
Tornado
Tornado
Funnel Cloud/Tornado
Tornado
Land Spout Definition
Land Spout diagram
Land Spout
Land Spout
Land Spout
Land Spout
Land Spout
Land Spout
Land Spout
Land Spout funnel
Shelf Cloud
Shelf Cloud
characteristics
Shelf cloud
Shelf cloud
Shelf cloud
Shelf cloud
Shelf cloud
Shelf cloud
Shelf cloud
Shelf Cloud
Shelf cloud
Shelf cloud
Shelf cloud
Shelf cloud
Shelf cloud
Shelf cloud
Wall Cloud / Shelf Cloud
Summary
Gustnadoes
Gustnado Characteristics
Gustnado diagram
Gustnado
Gustnado
Gustnado
Gustnado
Gustnado
Gustnado
Tornado/Gustnado Summary
Other Thunderstorm
Phenomenon
Hail Shaft
Hail Shaft
Hail Shaft
Outflow Dust
Rain Foot
Mammatus
Storm Feature
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Look Alike
Spotter Safety
Spotter Safety
Lightning Safety
Lightning Safety
Flood Safety
Flood Safety
Don’t become another
flood death statistic
Nighttime Spotting
Spotters Must
Myths
Disclaimer
Disclaimer
Disclaimer
We want your storm
photos!!
Special thanks to the
following people for the generous use of their photos:
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