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Critical Fire Weather in the Plains; Severe Thunderstorms in the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes

Anomalously warm, dry and breezy conditions will bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions across portions of the Intermountain West into the central and southern Plains today. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the upper Mississippi River Valley to the Great Lakes tonight through the day Tuesday. Damaging gusts, hail, and heavy rainfall are likely. Read More >

Fort Worth CWSU

Center Weather Service Unit

ZFW Controller Training

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One of the services provided by the Fort Worth Center Weather Center Service (CWSU) is to provide twice-per-year refresher training on both warm season convective (thunderstorm) hazards and winter weather hazards. Links to the training presentations provided by the Fort Worth CWSU can be found below both in a recorded video format and as slides in PDF format.

 

 

Training Series

 

 

Video

 

Slides

 

  Thunder storm symbol in outline icon style. Lightning, cloud, weather ...  Warm Season (Updated Feb 2024):

  • Thunderstorms, gust fronts, density altitude, etc.

 

MP4 File (24.6 MB)

 

PDF File (3.6 MB)

 

   Snowflake Black And White Sign, Logo, Accent, Vinylready PNG and Vector ...   Cold Season (Updated Sep 2025): 

  • Icing, turbulence, winter weather, low ceilings/visibility, etc.

 

MP4 File (24.4 MB)

 

PDF File (3.0 MB)