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Heavy Rainfall in the Southern Plains and Mississippi Valley; Thunderstorms in Eastern Colorado on Thursday

A multiple day heavy rainfall event will begin to set up from the Southern Plains into the Mississippi Valley Thursday, peaking in intensity over the holiday weekend. Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across eastern Colorado Thursday afternoon and evening. Large hail will be the primary hazard. Read More >

 
The National Weather Service in Dodge City provides storm identification/spotter training sessions each spring.  
These sessions are done in cooperation with county Emergency Management agencies across the area.  All training 
is free and is open for anyone to attend and is not designed for just storm spotters.  Anyone with a desire to   
learn how to identify severe weather and to learn about the dangers from these storms are encouraged to attend.  

The program lasts around 1 1/2 hours. 

The following is a schedule for training through April.  All times are in Central Time, except for Hamilton county which is listed in Mountain Time: