Storm spotting training offered


March 6, 2013 at 12:00p.m.

Storm spotting training offered

AUSTINTOWN

Mahoning County Skywarn, a volunteer organization of weather spotters, will be hosting a training session on how to recognize approaching storms and tornadoes. Gary Garnet, warning coordinator meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Cleveland, will conduct the training at 6 p.m. March 20 at the Austintown Fitch High School Auditorium, 4560 Falcon Drive. Training is free and open to the public. Sign in begins at 5:30 p.m.

Also, scheduled to be at Skywarn Training from 5 to 6 p.m. will be the new Austintown School’s Falcon Mobile Medical Unit. This 39-foot vehicle contains two fully equipped medical examination rooms and reception area. This unit was purchased with a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Family Services