Online spotter training is available at http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tlh/spotter/.
Note: This spotter training course is intended for volunteers within the NWS Tallahassee's area of responsibility. Each NWS Forecast Office designs and administers the SKYWARN^TM Spotter program to best serve their area. Please contact your local NWS Forecast office to become part of SKYWARN^TM in your area.

You may also check out the following links for more information on becoming a storm spotter. Many of these links will be a good refresher for current spotters.

A comprehensive glossary of weather terms for spotters provided by WFO Norman, OK can be found at this link: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/severewx/glossary.php

A handy collection of meteorological conversions and calcutors can be found here: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/calc.shtml

A paper written by Dr. Keith Brewster of the University of Oklahoma describing the basics of how to get started in storm spotting can be found at this link: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/skywarn/spotterhelp.php

The basic spotters field guide in Adobe PDF format can be found at this link: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/basicspot.pdf

The advanced spotters field guide in Adobe PDF format can be found at this link: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/adv_spotters.pdf

Pictures of "Tornado Look-A-Likes" with descriptions provided by the Storm Prediction Center can be found at this link: http://www.stormeyes.org/tornado/faq/notahose.htm

Please also refer to the link above for new information about the following topics: Enhanced Fujita (EF) Tornado Damage Scale, storm spotter information, and other latest news.