Elmore County’s Emergency Management Agency wants the local citizens to be educated about the skies. To accomplish that goal, EMA is hosting a Basic Storm Spotter Class March 17 from 6-8 p.m. The class, free to the public, will be taught in the courtroom of the Elmore County Courthouse (100 E. Commerce St. in downtown Wetumpka).

According to a press release from the EMA office: “The primary focus of the SKYWARN Basic Storm Spotter course is to train interested citizens, along with members of local law enforcement, fire & rescue, emergency medical services, public works, amateur radio operators, etc…SKYWARN procedures for safely spotting and reporting severe local storms and weather based phenomena. This course does not encourage or teach spotters how to chase storms, but rather how to safely observe and report them.”