Meeting/Event Details

National Weather Service SKYWARN Class

Start Date: 04/18/2013 at 7:00 PM    End Date: 04/18/2013 at 9:00 PM

rescheduled from April 4th

The National Weather Service in Blacksburg, in conjunction with Botetourt County Emergency Services, will be in Fincastle on Thursday April 18th at 7 PM to conduct a free storm spotting and weather safety presentation. This presentation will be held at Community Room of the Fincastle Library, 11 Academy Street, Fincastle.

This entertaining and informative 2 hour presentation is open to the public and any one of any age is welcome to attend. The National Weather Service will discuss how you can ‘read the sky’ to determine what type of severe weather is coming. In addition, important weather safety information will be provided to help protect you and your family from the hazards of severe weather.

If you have ever wanted to be an official storm spotter, or are just interested in weather, we encourage you to attend. For more information, visit: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rnk/Skywarn.html

Location:

Community Room of the Fincastle Library, 11 Academy Street, Fincastle

For more information, contact

Botetourt County Emergency Services Training Coordinator Nathan Herlocker at (540) 473-8403, or nherlocker@botetourt.org

 


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