National Weather Service Brings Storm Spotter Training To Murdo Monday

National Weather Service Brings Storm Spotter Training To Murdo Monday

MURDO — As summer time severe weather inches closer the National Weather Service offices in South Dakota are again offering up Severe Weather Awareness trainings. Monday night the Aberdeen office brought the two-hour presentation to Murdo where two tornadoes were a part of the 2022 statistics for Jones County…

Warning Coordination Meteorologist Kelly Serr focused specifically on the June 14th 2022 storm that recorded 130 mile an hour straight-line winds. She says attendance at the sessions are increasing…

The lowest beam from the radar in Aberdeen hits Murdo around six to seven-thousand feet in the air so having trained reporters on the ground to put truth to the radar picture remains critical…

The National Weather Service is holding two Severe Weather Awareness trainings in Pierre in April. Both are at the River Cities Transit Community Room. The dates are April 6th and 24th and both start at six-pm Central Time. Other central South Dakota trainings include April 13 in Fort Thompson at six-pm and Miller at seven pm on April 19th.