WHAT DO YOU NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR? WELL, 40/29 MIGHT ALL JUST MARTIN LOWRIMORE AT THE NORTHWEST ARKANSAS ALL COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN BENTONVILLE, WHERE EXPERTS EXPLAIN HOW TO SPOT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. HEY, MARTIN. AND THAT’S RIGHT, BRANDON. STARTING AT 630 TODAY, BOTH FIRST RESPONDERS AND ALSO THE PUBLIC ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE MAY EXPECTING. WE’LL BE LOOKING AT THE PARTICIPATING IN THE STORM SPOTTER PROGRAM, WHICH WAS SPECIFICALLY TO HELP THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY’RE WATCHING WHENEVER THEY HAVE THOSE SEVERE STORMS. USUALLY THEY’RE THE ONES OUT THERE LOOKING AT THE STORM, LOOKING FOR THAT ROTATION. AND THEN ONCE I SEE SIDE OF A TORNADO, THEY’RE THE ONES THAT INITIATE THE STORM SIREN EVERY YEAR. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA GIVES THE STORM SPOTTER TRAINING FOR BOTH THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE FIELD AND THE PUBLIC THAT ARE READY TO KEEP THEIR COMMUNITY SAFE. THE METEOROLOGISTS IN TULSA KNOW THAT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM, THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE PUBLIC HAS CRITICAL AS DURING A STORM THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO. >> EVERY SECOND AND EVERY PORT IS CRUCIAL. >> MAYBE WE DON’T HAVE A WARNING ON THAT STORM, BUT BASED ON THAT REPORT THAT THAT PIECE THEN FILLS IN ALL THE MISSING AREAS AND THAT PROMPTS THE WARNING. >> THAT SINGLE REPORT FROM A SPOTTER OR FIRST RESPONDER COULD SAVE LIVES. THE CONNECTION THAT THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DEVELOPED IS WHAT KEEPS THE COMMUNITY SAFE. DURING AN EVENT OF A LIFE THREATENING STORM, OR USUALLY EITHER IN A COMBINE CHAT ROOM DISCUSSING THIS WITH NOT ONLY OUR WEATHER SERVICE BUT OUR ALSO OUR METEOROLOGISTS FOR OUR NEWS OUTLETS. >> SO WE’RE TALKING ON CHAT, WHAT THEY’RE SAYING IN OKLAHOMA, WHAT WE’RE LIKELY TO SEE PASS THROUGH ARKANSAS, AND WHERE STORM SPOTTERS ALL OVER THE AREA. >> THESE REPORTS CAN GET TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUICKLY AND THAT TRANSFORMS INTO WARNINGS THAT EVERYONE SEES MAKE IT. EVERYONE ALERT TO LIFE THREATENING WEATHER. NOW, AGAIN, THIS PROGRAM BEGINS AT 630 TODAY. YOU CAN EXPECT IT TO LAST AROUND AN HOUR AND A HALF TO 2 HOURS. OF COURSE, THEY’RE GOING TO TALK ALL ABOUT THAT. >> AND YOU CAN GET ALL YOU NEED TO LEARN ABOUT THE UPCOMING SEVE