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 scheduled for 26 & 27 February 2010 at the South Regional Library, 8065 Lely Cultural Parkway, Naples, 34113. After December 1st 2009, you can register for this training through the library's site. 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. Contact info below. 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: Basic and Advanced Skywarn training is to be scheduled for Friday, 26 and again on Saturday, 27 February 2010. The Basic Spotter training will be 10 a.m. until noon each day. (This is the "certification portion of the training)
The Advanced training will begin after lunch ~1 p.m. until 3 p.m. each day. (You're not required to attend this for the certification. It's just good info that builds on the morning's training.)

Participants must have attended a Basic Spotter course to attend the Advanced Course. Both can be taken the same day. Registration is requested if you want to attend. When you register, please indicate each class you plan to attend & date/time.

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

(NOTE: Lee County training can qualify for a Collier County Certification)
Lee County Skywarn/Spotter Training - Feb 8 & March 2, 2010 at various locations and times. Click HERE for flyer and registration info..

Lee County Skywarn Programs

for Cape Coral, FL
Contact Mindy Blasetti at 239-573-3022 to Register

for Lee County Skywarn
Emergency Operations Center
2665 Ortiz Ave.
Fort Myers, FL 33905
Call 239-533-3622 or 3608. Register online @ www.LeeEOC.com

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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