If you are like many Oklahomans who watch the weather with a weatherman’s eye, you might be able to help local emergency management and the National Weather Service spot incoming storms. Jerry Smith, Canadian County Emergency Management director, and a representative from the National Weather Service will host a “storm spotter” training session beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Canadian Valley Technology Center, Room 133. “Since radar is limited to what it can see at times, the National Weather Service counts strongly on what you and I as citizens see and report,” Smith said. Anyone can volunteer to be a storm spotter, Smith said, by attending the brief training and posting a phone number. “We put on a slide presentation that takes about an hour and a half, and they fill in with some of the things to look for, how a storm forms and what a wall cloud looks like,” he said. During severe weather, the weather watchers are telephoned when the radar screen does not provide total information, he said. Each year the National Weather Service helps to prepare citizens across the state to identify severe weather indicators. The NWS tries to provide as much information about spring storms as possible between January and March, he said. “Generally, after March, they’re pretty busy,” he said. April marks severe weather awareness month. For more information, contact Smith at 262-1070 Ext. 186.