Storm spotter training offered Feb. 21

A Storm Spotter Training Seminar will be offered from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Kansas City Kansas Community College’s Technical Education Center, 6565 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan.

The seminar’s host is the Wyandotte County Emergency Management. The National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill, Mo., is presenting the program.

The program may be of interest from those who are interested in storms and want to be better prepared to deal with severe weather.

The interactive seminar is designed to enhance attendees’ ability to correctly recognize, identify and relay information about severe weather, according to a spokesman. It also demonstrates the difference between severe from non-severe weather.

Real -time reports are critical to the National Weather Service warning forecasters during severe weather events.

This class is free and open to people of all ages and will leave you with the knowledge on “how to” and “what to” report to the National Weather Service.