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NORTH MANKATO -- A free course about the basic skills needed to become a weather spotter begins at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 26 at South Central College.
The course is hosted by Nicollet and Blue Earth counties and the National Weather Service. Spotters are needed even with the use of Doppler radar equipment. Radar can only detect the parent circulation that spans tornadoes. Information is needed about whether tornadoes are being produced and their exact location.
Storm spotters help their communities by participating in an organized effort to watch approaching storms and warn of tornado formation and other threatening, severe weather.
There is no need to pre-register. For more information, call Nicollet County Emergency Management at 507-934-7874 or Blue Earth County Emergency Management at 507-304-4806.