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, 21 February 2009

  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
           Texas Severe Storm Intercept

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

    Session Hosts:
    Tammy Mate' (Email)
    Larry Gensch

     Spotter Vehicle Coordination and Parking:
    Jeff Draper (Email)
 

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

   Links from our 2009 training session program:
        - SkyWarn 2009 Weather Links (pdf)
        - SkyWarn Severe Weather Report form (pdf)
        - CoCoRaHS - Brochure (pdf)
        - CoCoRaHS - Texas Information Sheet (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:
            .... Dr. Kevin Kloesel, University of Oklahoma, will return to present our Key Note Address ....

            .... Jeff Draper, Texas Severe Storm Intercept, will coordinate vehicles. Session partipicants are urged
                 to drop by the adjacent parking lot (west side of building) during the sessions and see the latest
                 spotter vehicle technology ....
 

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

      9:00....    Session Welcome by Troy Kimmel and Bob Rose

      9:00 - 9:05 am.... Facility Rules and Reminders - Tammy Mate / Larry Gensch

      9:05 - 9:20 am.... National Weather Service Welcome
                                      Joe Arellano, Meteorologist in Charge, NWS / Austin-San Antonio

      9:20 - 9:30 am.... South Central Texas SkyWarn Spotter Guide Update - Troy Kimmel

      9:30 - 9:55 am.... An Update on the Texas Flash Flood War Council
                                     Roy Sedwick, Flood Plain Administrator, LCRA

      9:55 - 10:20 am.... South Central Texas Rainfall: Feast or Famine
                                        Mark Lenz, Senior Service Hydrologist, NWS/Austin-San Antonio

      10:20 - 10:30 am.... Break

      10:30 - 12:00 noon.... Basic SkyWarn Training Session
                                              Paul Yura, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NWS/Austin-San Antonio

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

      1:15 pm - 2:15 pm.... Skywarn 2009 Keynote Address
                                             Dr. Kevin Kloesel
                                             Associate Dean, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences
                                             University of Oklahoma
                                             "L.O.S.T.  - Languishing in Observations and Severe weather Terminology"

      2:15 - 2:25 pm.... Break

      2:25 - 3:55 pm.... Advanced SkyWarn Training Session
                                      Paul Yura, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NWS/Austin-San Antonio

      3:55 - 4:15 pm.... SkyWarn Exercise and Session Close