storm spotter
Tornado lookout volunteer
A storm spotter is a trained volunteer who observes and reports severe weather conditions to the National Weather Service.
Storm spotters position themselves where they can safely watch developing storms, reporting hail size, tornado formation, and wind damage in real time: The storm spotter confirmed rotation in the cloud base.
Their ground-level observations supplement radar data, helping meteorologists issue timely warnings.
- tornadoViolent rotating windstorm
- wall cloudRotating lowered cloud base
- chaserOne who follows
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- severe weatherDangerous atmospheric phenomena
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- storm trackingweather radar, Doppler radar, tornado warning, hurricane tracker, supercell
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storm spotteremergency responder
Professional arriving at crises
disaster relief worker · Red Cross volunteer · first responder
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