Collier County : SKYWARN

See the Miami Weather Service Forecast Office site for information about the SKYWARN program.    Click HERE.

Annual Collier County Skywarn training is set for 2012. The 2012 classes will occur twice, on Friday February 24th and again on Saturday, February 25th at the South Regional Library, 8065 Lely Cultural Parkway, Naples, 34113.  Click HERE in the interim, if you'd like a reminder when the registration site is activated, you can e-mail the Collier County Skywarn Coordinator.

Special training can be arranged.

NEW OPPORTUNITY: If you want to be notified of any Skywarn opportunities, please e-mail me: richardzyvoloski@colliergov.net.

(Lee County training opportunities are addressed below. (NOTE: We have a reciprocal agreement with Tampa Weather Office for them to train Collier residents and they will be certified for Collier weather spotting.)

Email to be notified (emergman@colliergov.net) of when the training is scheduled.

Refresher training for Skywarn spotters is needed every two years. Refresher training consists of either taking the basic or advanced course again.

ANNUAL SKYWARN CLASSES....

WHAT/WHEN: 24 and again on 25 February 2012.

WHERE: Collier County's South Regional Library
               8065 Lely Cultural Parkway, Naples, 34113

Lee County Skywarn/Spotter Training   - Classes are listed below:

(NOTE: Lee County training can qualify for a Collier County Certification)

for more Lee County Skywarn Information
Emergency Operations Center
2665 Ortiz Ave.
Fort Myers, FL 33905
Call 239-533-3622 or 3608.

To register for the Collier County Training. Must be over 18 years old. Free training opportunity on Community Weather Awareness provided by FEMA. (IS-271 Anticipating Hazardous Weather & Community Risk)

Thursday July, 25 2002 @ 1700 - Funnel Clouds Over Immokalee Sighted by Eric Gissendaner, KF4IXA

Skywarn - Funnel Clouds Over Immokalee on July 25, 2002

Thursday, 03-27-2003 @ ~2:30pm -A tornado over The Estuary NW of Airport and Golden Gate Pkwy by Jeffrey Letourneau, Collier Co. Code Enforcement

Skywarn - Tornado over Estuary on March 27, 2003

Thursday, 03-27-2003 @ ~3pm -Tornado near US-41, 3 miles West of SR-29 by Paul Wilson

Skywarn - Tornado near US-41 on March 27, 2003

Tuesday, 18 Sept 2007, @ ~6PM, Don Blalock took a picture of this pair of water spouts about seven miles from Marco Island. On this particular day, several spouts appeared around the coastline of Collier County.

Thursday, 2 July 2009 in the late afternoon, Collier Co. Weather Spotter Debbie Ginden snapped this photo of a waterspout over the Gulf off Delnor Wiggens State Park.
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