LOWVILLE — The National Weather Service is looking for volunteers to become severe-weather spotters and is offering a training session next month.

The free SKYWARN program session, sponsored by the Lewis County Emergency Management Office and the Black River Amateur Radio Club, will be held at 6:30 p.m. April 8 at the Lewis County Search and Rescue Building, 7782 W. State St.

Spotters send reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service in Buffalo via hot line or amateur radio, according to a news release.

"The services performed by SKYWARN spotters have saved many lives," the release states.

The training will help spotters understand how severe weather such as thunderstorms and tornadoes form.

For more information, call the National Weather Service at 1 (716) 565-0204 or visit www.erh.noaa.gov/buf/spt.

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