Severe Weather Awareness Week - February 28 to March 6, 2021

Tennessee Severe Weather Awareness Week

Beginning Sunday, February 28th, the National Weather Service offices that serve Tennessee will be conducting Severe Weather Awareness Week 2021. Each day, a new topic will be covered by way of online presentations. You will be able to register for any or all of the FREE classes that will be offered during the week. The topics for each day are listed below, then you can scroll down and register for the classes you would like to attend.

Sunday February 28	Important Role of SKYWARN Spotters
Monday March 1	Flooding & Flash Floods
Tuesday March 2	Lightning, the Underrated Killer
Wednesday March 3	Tornado Safety & Preparedness
Thursday March 4	Severe Thunderstorms
Friday March 5	NOAA Weather Radio and the Emergency Alert System Statewide Tornado Drill including a NOAA Weather Radio test will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. CST/10:30 a.m. EST
Saturday March 6	Importance of Social Media

Individuals or groups will be able to attend the following classes in the comfort of their own home using the extremely user-friendly computer program, GoToWebinar. The only requirement will be speakers to listen, if you're using a computer. If you want to ask questions, you will need to have a VOIP microphone (this is not a requirement).

Each class can be viewed on a Mac or PC, as well as on your iPad, iPhone or Android device by simply downloading the FREE GoToWebinar app in the app store on your device (you'll need the Webinar ID number supplied in the registration email).

Here is a list of this year's SWAW2021 classes:

Date	Time	Class	Register
Sunday, February 28	2 pm CST	Basic SKYWARN Spotter Class	Click Here to Register
Monday, March 1	1 pm CST	Weather101: Flash Flooding	Click Here to Register
Monday, March 1	7 pm CST	Weather101: The NWS Basics	Click Here to Register
Tuesday, March 2	10 am CST	Weather101: NWS Storm Damage Surveys	Click Here to Register
Tuesday, March 2	7 pm CST	Weather101: Quasi-Linear Convective Systems	Click Here to Register
Wednesday, March 3	12 pm CST	Hazardous Weather Awareness for Large Facilities	Click Here to Register
Wednesday, March 3	7 pm CST	March 3rd 2020 Tornado Recap	Click Here to Register
Thursday, March 4	1 pm CST	Weather101: Severe Thunderstorm Ingredients	Click Here to Register
Thursday, March 4	7 pm CST	Weather101: Observations in 3-D	Click Here to Register
Friday, March 5	10 am CST	Weather101: Snowfall Forecasting	Click Here to Register
Friday, March 5	7 pm CST	The Emergency Alert System (EAS) and NOAA Weather Radio	Click Here to Register
Saturday, March 6	530 pm CST	The Role of Social Media in Severe Weather with @NashSevereWx	Click Here to Register
Saturday, March 6	630 pm CST	Advanced SKYWARN Spotter Class	Click Here to Register
Classes are FREE & for ALL AGES! All classes will run approximately 1 hour No prior training is necessary, but registration is required NOTE: Classes may be canceled with short notice due to severe weather!