SKYWARN Training

We will once again be hosting the Collin County 

Severe Weather Education Training (SKYWARN) 

Please see below for more information

Numbers for 2023

We would like to thank the Plano Office of Emergency Management and Plano ISD for their partnership in providing a space for the 2023 training and for the National Weather Service in Fort Worth for providing the Basic Weather and Safety training and the RADAR presentation.

The registered SKYWARN Training Numbers for 2023 are:

  Total morning attendees = 167

  Total afternoon attendees = 117

  Total ham ops morning attendees = 79

  Total ham ops afternoon attendees = 61

  Total CCARES member attendees = 27

National Weather Service SKYWARN Training Schedule

https://www.weather.gov/fwd/skywarn

Location:

Sockwell Center

6301 Chapel Hill Blvd

Plano, TX  75093

Overflow parking at Willow Bend Mall

NO Parking at the orthodontics next door.

Schedule (INFO Tentative 1/11/2024)

8:00 Check-In for Registrations 

(ARES, Served Agencies, Those needing training credit)

8:30 Program Begins/Welcome

8:45 Weather Safety Training (SKYWARN)

9:45 Break

10:00 Weather Safety Training - Continued

11:15 Break


11:30 Media - CBS 11TV

12:15 CollinARES


Note on Lunch:

We will not break for a lunch.  We will run right through to the end of the program.

Note on Refreshments:

We intend to have a coffee and water service.  There is on-site vending for snacks and carbonated beverages (Coke products).