Are you interested in becoming a trained weather spotter?  The National Weather Service (NWS) established SKYWARN® with partner organizations. SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with between 350,000 and 400,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service.

Who is eligible and how do I get started?

NWS encourages anyone with an interest in public service to join the SKYWARN® program. Volunteers include police and fire personnel, dispatchers, EMS workers, public utility workers and other concerned private citizens. Individuals affiliated with hospitals, schools, churches and nursing homes or who have a responsibility for protecting others are encouraged to become a spotter. Training is free and typically lasts about 2 hours. You’ll learn:

• Basics of thunderstorm development
• Fundamentals of storm structure
• Identifying potential severe weather features
• Information to report
• How to report information
• Basic severe weather safety

The next training for our area will be held on Wednesday, April 14 at 7:00 pm MDT.  Contact the Fall River County Emergency Manager, Frank Maynard, for local class space or virtual login information.  605-890-7245 or [email protected]

At 8:52 am on Friday, March 26 a 3.4 magnitude earthquake took place 7.5 miles east-northeast of Edgemont.

View information on recent earthquakes on the USGS earthquake map.

There has been some public concern expressed over the Wall Fire. Below is a map showing the location and approximate size of the fire. This fire is a good distance from any structures.

Here is a map of the Vineyard Fire in relation to Hot Springs as of this morning (8/14/2018).  Although there are structures within the fire perimeter we have had no reports of structures lost. Thank you to our firefighters for their hard work on structure protection.  If you are a landowner who did have loss or significant damage to any of your structures please contact the Director of Equalization’s office, 605-745-5136, so they can review the property.