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Diamond Lakes Area SKYWARN
SKYWARN NEWS
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Current News
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STORM
SPOTTER CLASS
The NWS, in
conjunction with Diamond Lakes Area SKYWARN and the Garland County Department of
Emergency Management, held a Storm Spotters Class on Saturday, March
14th, 2009.
The class was held at the National Park Community College.
These classes are important for Emergency
Service Personnel, but are OPEN to ANYONE interested in severe weather
observations.
If you are interested in attending a spotter class,
please contact the Garland County Department
of Emergency Management at 501-622-3785.
Reservations are NOT required, but
calling ahead lets us know how much printed material to have on hand.
** There is NO Storm
Spotter Class currently scheduled for the Hot Springs area.**
Check back here or watch the Hot Springs Sentinel Record for future class
announcments.
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Past
News
On March 1st and 2nd, 2002, the Diamond Lakes Area SKYWARN Team attended the '2nd Annual'
National Severe Weather Workshop held in Norman, OK. A 'National Level' Conference, lectures and
training sessions were by Top Level Meteorologists and Directors from all of the sponsoring agencies.
Topics included Doppler radar, modeling, lightning mapping and using all NWS forecasting products.
The Keynote Address was dedicated to the '50th Anniversary' of the SPC and
NSSL.
Special THANKS to Joy Sanders - GCDEM, for sponsoring the trip!
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Approaching the Conf. Ctr. On Sat. morning.
14 deg., 1" ice, 2" snow, 35 mph winds. Brrr!
Does this classify as 'severe weather'?
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DLAS Team with Dr. John Scala, Severe
Storms Analyst, The Weather Channel.
Dr. Scala spoke on TWC Severe Wx. Ops..
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On August 30th, 2001, Mr. Bill Proenza, Director of the Southern Region Office of the NWS, met with
Joy Sanders (GCDEM Coord.), J.M. Rowe (SKYWARN Coord.) and Bob King (Dep. SKYWARN Coord.) at the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management Conference held at the Austin Hotel in Hot Springs.
Mr. Proenza was very impressed with the level of participation and cooperation between the GCDEM,
the Diamond Lakes Area SKYWARN Spotter Network and the NLR NWS Office.
He was also impressed with the work done to bring the new NOAA Weather Radio Transmitter on-line for Garland and Montgomery Counties and our classification as a StormReady Community.
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*Winter 2007* - Mr.
Proenza returned as Director of the NWS Southern Region Office.
Again, CONGRATULATIONS! And welcome back to our neighborhood!
*Dec. 2006* - Mr. Proenza was named the NEW head of the National
Hurricane Center.
CONGRATULATIONS! From your friends at Diamond Lakes Area SKYWARN. |
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On April 6th,
2001, Hot Springs and Garland County were approved for designation as a
StormReady Community.
On May 7th,
2001, there was a Recognition and Dedication Ceremony held.
Attendees included Local, State and National Officials. These included representatives from Local and
State Gov't., Area and Regional NWS Management, FEMA and Emergency Management Staff.
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***UPDATE***
In November 2006, both Hot Springs and Garland County received notice that we
had passed the renewal criteria to continue as StormReady communities
through 2010!
CONGRATULATIONS! to ALL involved in the renewal process and in helping keep
our communities SAFE! |
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Bob King - A.R.E.S. Coord., Joy Sanders - DEM Coord., J.M.Rowe - Comm. & Warning Officer
and John Robinson - NWS with one of the new StormReady signs
to be erected along the highways in the County.
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On March 2nd and 3rd, 2001, Joy Sanders - Garland Co. DEM Coordinator, J.M.Rowe - N5XFW
and Bob King - W5LVB attended the 'First Ever' National Severe Weather Workshop sponsored by the
National Weather Service, the Storm Prediction Center and the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma. The keynote speaker was Dr. Greg Forbes, Chief Severe Weather Forecaster /
Meteorologist from the Weather Channel.
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Boys and their toys
Bob and J.M.
At the N.S.S.L / S.P.C.
Headquarters Building
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The 'gang' with Dr. Forbes
after the dinner banquet.
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