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(L-R): Joe Jurecka and Nick Sincavage of the National Weather Service in Lubbock Texas. presented a training seminar for Storm Watchers on Monday, April 25, 2022. Storm Watchers with Lamb County volunteer Fire Departments attended. (Photo by Ann Reagan) -
STORMSPOTTER VOLUNTEERS gather for a training seminar presented by the National Weather Service of Lubbock at the Littlefield Chamber of Commerce Building in Littlefield.(Photo by Ann Reagan)
Volunteer Storm Watchers of Lamb County gathered at the City Hall Counsel Chamber for a Storm Watchers training session conducted by the National Weather Service in Lubbock, Texas on Monday night at 7pm. The training session which is part of the Skywarn Program was conducted by Joe Jurecka and Nick Sincavage of the National Weather Service of Lubbock, Texas.
The Program is designed to train and update the registered members of the Program which consists of professional and voluntter public service personel Volunteers include police and fire personnel, dispatchers, EMS workers, public utility workers and other concerned private citizens. Individuals affiliated with hospitals, schools, churches and nursing homes or who have a responsibility for protecting others are encouraged to become a spotter.
Joe Juecka explained that “while our radar technology is very good, radar cannot detect what is happening on the ground.” That is why trained volunteers are vital to the public safety during peak storm seasons. The radar for the Lubbock area is located north of Lubbock and in Clovis, New Mexico. The area covered includes 27 counties.
For more information visit weather.gov/lubbock or spc.noaa.gov