WFO Tulsa Spotter Training

Storm Spotter Training 2025

We continue to schedule training across eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas for the 2025 spring season, and sessions will be posted to this page as they are scheduled. Dates for the virtual sessions haven't been determined yet.

Throughout eastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas, trained and dedicated individuals monitor the skies around their communities during severe weather events. These storm spotters provide first-hand severe weather reports to their local officials, and to the National Weather Service in Tulsa, which are used to make critical warning decisions.

Being a storm spotter not only means dedication but also training. Each winter and spring the Tulsa office of the National Weather Service trains members of police & fire departments, emergency management officials, and amateur radio operators on spotting techniques. Typically, the training is coordinated by a local group (such as an emergency management agency) and a NWS meteorologist serves as the guest instructor. The goal of the training is not just to recognize tornadoes, but to have some understanding of storm structure, which in turn better prepares the spotter for the extreme and unusual circumstances. Other topics covered include an update on the latest NWS technology and procedures, ideas for organizing/coordinating spotter groups, severe weather reporting, and important safety considerations.

The training is free, and all the classes listed below are open to the public, and are conducted in-person at the specified hosting site. No pre-registration is required. Virtual training sessions will be scheduled toward the end of the season to ensure available dates for requested in-person training. The virtual training sessions (when scheduled) will require a preregistration. Choose the virtual session that you'd like to attend, click the registration link associated with that date's session (when available), and complete the information requested to register.

Contact WCM Ed Calianese for any questions.

January 2025
Day	Date	County	City	Time	Location/Notes
Sunday	19
Monday	20
Tuesday	21
Wednesday	22
Thursday	23
Friday	24
Saturday	25
Sunday	26
Monday	27
Tuesday	28	Okfuskee	Okemah	700 pm	Okfuskee County Fair Barn
Wednesday	29
Thursday	30
Friday	31

February 2025
Day	Date	County	City	Time	Location/Notes
Saturday	1
Sunday	2
Monday	3	Delaware	Jay	630 pm	EOC, 432 South 9th
Tuesday	4	Rogers	Claremore	630 pm	Rogers County Courthouse
Wednesday	5
Thursday	6	McIntosh	Eufaula	630 pm	Texanna Fire Department
Friday	7
Saturday	8	Crawford	Van Buren	930 am	EOC, 1820 Chestnut
Sunday	9
Monday	10
Tuesday	11
Wednesday	12
Thursday	13	Nowata	Delaware	630 pm	Delaware Community Center
Friday	14
Saturday	15	Tulsa	Owasso	900 am	Old Central Building, 212 N Birch St.
Sunday	16
Monday	17
Tuesday	18	Choctaw	Hugo	630 pm	Kiamichi Technology Center
Wednesday	19	Craig	Vinita	630 pm	Community Center/Fairgrounds
Thursday	20	Latimer	Wilburton	630 pm	Jennifer Woods Community Center
Friday	21
Saturday	22	Washington Okmulgee	Bartlesville Okmulgee	900 am 900 am	TBD Green Country Technology Center
Sunday	23
Monday	24	Ottawa	Miami	630 pm	Civic Center Banquet Room
Tuesday	25	Washington AR	Fayetteville	600 pm	Washington County Sheriff's Office, East Annex
Wednesday	26
Thursday	27	Franklin	Ozark	630 pm	Student Services Center, ATU
Friday	28

March 2025
Day	Date	County	City	Time	Location/Notes
Saturday	1
Sunday	2
Monday	3
Tuesday	4
Wednesday	5
Thursday	6
Friday	7
Saturday	8
Sunday	9
Monday	10	Benton	Bentonville	700 pm	Walmart Auditorium, NWACC
Tuesday	11	Cherokee	Tahlequah	630 pm	Emergency Operations Center
Wednesday	12	Muskogee	Muskogee	600 pm	Civic Center
Thursday	13	Mayes	Pryor	600 pm	Mayes County Event Center
Friday	14
Saturday	15	Tulsa	Tulsa	900 am	OSU Tulsa Auditorium
Sunday	16
Monday	17
Tuesday	18	Sebastian	Fort Smith	630 pm	Sebastian County EOC
Wednesday	19
Thursday	20
Friday	21
Saturday	22
Sunday	23
Monday	24
Tuesday	25
Wednesday	26
Thursday	27
Friday	28
Saturday	29
Sunday	30
Monday	31

April 2025
Day	Date	County	City	Time	Location/Notes
Tuesday	1
Wednesday	2
Thursday	3
Friday	4
Saturday	5
Sunday	6
Monday	7