UT Pickle Research Campus - North Austin
    (Enter through Burnet Road Entrance)
    The Commons Building - Big Tex Auditorium
   8:15 am to 4:15 pm / Saturday, 23 February 2008

  Street Map Link  -  Parking Info Link  -  Commons Building Layout

   Sponsored by:
       University of Texas / Department of Geography and the Environment
           National Weather Service / Austin - San Antonio
           L C R A
           3M Austin Amateur Radio Club
           American Red Cross - Central Texas Chapter

    Session Chairperson:          Session Asst Chairperson:        Technical Chairperson:
    Troy Kimmel (Email)            Bob Rose                                     Mark Murray

    Session Hosts:
    Tammy Mate' (Email)
    Larry Gensch

    Print and Bring With You --
    South Central Texas SkyWarn Spotter Manual (pdf):
    http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/kimmel/SCTXSkywarnManual.pdf
 

        REGISTRATION:
             No advance registration required. This session is FREE of charge (other than lunch on your own).
             Plenty of Free Parking.
             Sign in / Registration starts at 8:15am the day of the training (please do not arrive before 8:15am).
             A certificate of completion will be presented to those participants completing the entire training session.

       WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
             This training is open to the general public.
             Those involved in public safety and severe weather safety / recognition, such as amateur radio operators,
             first responders (police officers, firefighters and EMS officials), emergency management officials and
             media representatives (reporters, photojournalists) are encouraged to attend this important session.

   PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE:

            PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
            .... We Welcome our New NWS/Warning Coordination Meteorologist Paul Yura ...
            .... Dr. Kevin Kloesel from the University of Oklahoma Returns as our Keynote Speaker ....
 

    8:15 - 9:00 am.... Session Registration

      9:00 - 9:15 am.... Good Morning (Troy Kimmel, Session Chair)

      9:15 - 9:30 am.... National Weather Service Welcome
                                        (Joe Arellano, Meteorologist in Charge, WFO EWX)

      9:30 - 10:15 am.... Texas War Council - Declaring War on Texas Flash Floods
                                          (Roy Sedwick, Flood Plain Coordinator, LCRA)

      10:15 - 10:30 am.... Break

       10:30 - 12:00 noon.... Basic SkyWarn Training Session
                                                 (Paul Yura, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, WFO EWX)

      12:00 noon - 1:15 pm.... LUNCH - On Your Own

      1:15 pm - 2:15 pm.... Keynote Address /
                                            "Partly Mostly Sunny Cloudy, Calm and Breezy, and a
                                               50% Chance of Learning Something."
                                             (Dr. Kevin Kloesel, Associate Dean,
                                                College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences,
                                                University of Oklahoma)

      2:15 - 2:25 pm.... Break

      2:25 - 3:55 pm.... Advanced SkyWarn Training Session
                                        (Paul Yura, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, WFO EWX)

      3:55 - 4:15 pm.... SkyWarn Exercise
 

      ... POST MEETING NOTES ...

      ... To Be Added After the Meeting ...