The National Weather Service in Dodge City provides storm identification/spotter training sessions each spring. These sessions are done in cooperation with county Emergency Management agencies across the area. All training is free, is open for anyone to attend, and is not designed for just storm spotters. Anyone with a desire to learn how to identify severe weather and to learn about the dangers from these storms is encouraged to attend. The programs last about 1 1/2 hours.
Counties that will have training include: Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Kiowa, Lane, Meade, Morton, Ness, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Scott, Seward, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, and Trego. Check back often for updates.
The following is a schedule for training through April 2014:
| Day | City, State | Time | Location |
| 24 | Montezuma, KS (Gray County) |
7:00pm CST | Senior Center/Community Hall – 307 N. Aztec St. |
| 25 | Pratt, KS (Pr County) |
3:00pm CST | Community Center – 619 North main |
| 25 | Pratt, KS (Pratt County) |
7:00pm CST | Community Center – 619 North main |
| March, 2014 – Upcoming | |||
| Day | City, State | Time | Location |
| 03 | Garden City, KS (Finney County) |
3:00pm CST | Finney County Fairgrounds – Grandstand meeting room |
| 03 | Garden City , KS (Finney County) |
7:00pm CST | Finney County Fairgrounds – Grandstand meeting room |
| 04 | Ulysses, KS (Grant County) |
7:00pm CST | Fairgrounds – Auditorium |
| 05 | Syracuse, KS (Hamilton County) |
6:30pm MST | High School lecture hall |
| 06 | Wakeeney, KS (Trego County) |
7:00pm CST | 4H building at the fairgrounds |
| 10 | Coldwater, KS (Comanche County) |
7:00pm CDT | High School – 600 N. Leavenworth |
| 11 | Johnson, KS (Stanton County) |
7:00pm CDT | 4H building = East Greenwood South Ave |
| 13 | Meade, KS (Meade County) |
7:00pm CDT | EMT station – 725 Carthage |
| 17 | TBD, KS (Clark County) |
7:00pm CDT | Ashland at the Community Center – 812 Main Street |
| 18 | Liberal, KS (Seward County) |
7:00pm CDT | Activity center at the fairgrounds |
| 19 | Scott City, KS (Scott County) |
7:00pm CDT | EMS building – 110 East 4th |
| 20 | Larned, KS (Pawnee County) |
7:00pm CDT | JA Hass exhibit building at the fair grounds – 400 East 18th |
| 24 | LaCrosse, KS (Rush County) |
7:00pm CDT | Fire station on main street |
| 25 | Hugoton, KS (Stevens County) |
7:00pm CDT | EMS training center – 428 Jackson St. |
| 26 | Jetmore, KS (Hodgeman County) |
7:00pm CDT | King Center on Main Street |
| 27 | Dighton, KS (Lane County) |
7:00pm CDT | Courthouse community room |
| 31 | Sublette, KS (Haskell County) |
7:00pm CDT | Caretech EMS building – 100 N. Inman |
| April, 2014 – Upcoming | |||
| Day | City, State | Time | Location |
| 01 | Kiowa, KS (Barber County) |
7:00pm CDT | TBD |
| 02 | Hays, KS (Ellis County) |
7:00pm CDT | Sternberg Museum |
| 03 | Kinsley, KS (Edwards County) |
7:00pm CDT | 4H building – South US 183 HWY |
| 07 | Ness City, KS (Ness County) |
7:00pm CDT | Courthouse – 202 west Sycamore |
| 08 | Greensburg, KS (Kiowa County) |
7:00pm CDT | Community Center – 720 N. Bay street |
| 10 | Lakin, KS (Kearny County) |
7:00pm CDT | Kearny County Library |
| 14 | Dodge City, KS (Ford County) |
7:00pm CDT | Sheriff Office training room – 11311 Comanche |
| 21 | St. John, KS (Stafford County) |
7:00pm CDT | Courthouse Annex building – 210 East 3rd |
| 24 | Elkhart, KS (Morton County) |
7:00pm CDT | Morton County Civic Center – 400 E. Orchard |