National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

 2025 NWS Aberdeen Spotter Training

 

Please see the list of class cancellations below.

The class will cover many topics including: weather safety, thunderstorm development, identifying different storm features, and how to report to the National Weather Service. Even as new technology allows the National Weather Service to issue warnings with greater lead time, spotters will always serve as a critical link between Doppler radar indications of severe weather and what’s actually happening on the ground. Anyone with an interest in weather or weather safety is encouraged to attend. All training is free and usually lasts around 2 hours.

There are also several on-line storm spotter training modules and reference materials available:


Last Updated: 3/28/25

Date Time (CDT) unless otherwise noted Tribe / County City Location Class Length
March 12 12:30 p.m. Lake Traverse Agency Village, SD SWO Administrative Building
12554 BIA Highway 711, Agency Village, SD 57262
2 HR
March 18 7:00 p.m. Walworth Mobridge, SD Mobridge Fire Department
101 1st Ave E, Mobridge, SD
2 HR
March 19 6:00 p.m. Clark Clark, SD Clark Community Center
120 N Commercial St, Clark, SD, 57225
2 HR
March 25 6:00 p.m. Hughes Pierre, SD River Cities Transit
1600 E Dakota Ave, Pierre, SD, 57501
2 HR
March 26 7:00 p.m. Hand Miller, SD Fire Department
105 W. 1st Ave, Miller SD 57362
2 HR
April 3 7:00 p.m. Faulk Cresbard, SD Cresbard Community Center
204 Main St, Cresbard, SD 57435
2 HR
April 9 6:00 p.m. Codington Watertown, SD Codington County Extension Center
1910 W Kemp, Watertown SD 57201
2 HR
April 10 1:00 p.m. Codington Watertown, SD Codington County Extension Center
1910 W Kemp, Watertown SD 57201
2 HR
April 10 6:30 p.m. Hamlin Hayti, SD 4H Building
310 Pheasant Ave, Hayti, SD, 57241
2 HR

 

The following classes are cancelled:

April 21 6:30 p.m. Roberts Sisseton, SD Fire Department
4 E Oak St, Sisseton, SD
2 HR
April 22 6:00 p.m. Deuel Clear Lake, SD Fire Department
311 Highway 22 E, Clear Lake, South Dakota, 57226
2 HR
April 23 6:00 p.m. Edmunds Roscoe, SD Fire Department
208 N Mitchell St, Roscoe, SD, 57471
2 HR
April 24 6:30 p.m. Grant Milbank, SD Milbank Fire Department
301 E 4th Ave, Milbank, SD 57252
2 HR
May 8 2:00 p.m. Cheyenne River Sioux/Dewey Eagle Butte, SD 7th Generation Show Hall, Main Street 2 HR
May 14 6:00 p.m. Jones Murdo, SD Murdo Fire Hall
106 E 4th St, Murdo, South Dakota, 57559
2 HR