Thursday afternoon was the SkyWarn Storm spotter training at Robins Air Force Base.
Representatives from the base and the National Weather Service in Atlanta put on a training seminar to help employees at the base and members of the public learn how to identify certain weather phenomenon, and also how to relay what they're seeing out in the field back to the National Weather Service.
Hunter Williams went to the class to see what takes to become SkyWarn certified.
By the time you see a tornado, it may be too late, so meteorologists at the National Weather Service are teaching a Storm Spotter class on how to catch these storms early on.
Bryce Damnjanavic said he knew he just had to take the class.
"I saw a pop-up and I've always been kinda interested in weather and things like that, you know, from watching Twister," he says.
But this class is no joke.
"You don't really put it in perspective until you see pictures of all that debris piercing vehicles and stuff you're thinking, 'Hey, I can just drive my vehicle away from this storm,' but little do they know there's a 2 by 4 and it could pierce the side of the vehicle," Damnjanavic says.
The class taught students like Damnjanavic everything from severe weather safety to how to report what they are seeing out.
Technical Sergeant., Jessica Munro says this information is crucial for protecting the base.
"In this office, we have several observing points but they don't cover the entire base and we can't be everywhere at once," she says.
Giving the base time to put away millions of dollars worth of equipment and keep its people safe.
Weather service Meteorologist, David Nadler says they stress safety to all their students.
"We don't recommend going out and chasing storms -- that's very dangerous," he says.
He remembers how essential spotters were when a tornado ripped through Warner Robins last year.
"We were getting like real time reports from Houston County emergency management plus the spotters and the amateur radio operators that were in a safe area letting us know that, yes, the storm is on the ground producing damage," Nadler says.
Again, these classes are for anybody who has an interest in weather.
Nadler says that safety is always the biggest takeaway.
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