- Comprehensive Glossary of Weather Terms for Storm Spotters
 - Glossary from NOAA that contains weather-related terms that may be either heard or used by severe local storm spotters or spotter groups. - Introduction to Storm Observation and Reporting
- Looks at how storm spotters, the eyes and ears in the field, still give the National Weather Service the most complete picture of what's really happening in and around severe storms.
- Basic Spotters' Field Guide
(PDF) - Official SKYWARN spotters guide for identifying and reporting severe weather to the National Weather Service.
- Storm Spotting and Public Awareness Since the First Tornado Forecasts of 1948
- Traces the history of storm spotting, which began in World War II as an effort to protect the nation's military installations and later became a public service.
- Lone Star Storm Spotters Network (LSSN)
- Tracking severe weather in 14 Texas counties with one goal: public service, to save lives and property.
- Advanced Spotters' Field Guide
(PDF) - Official SKYWARN spotters and storm intercept teams guide for identifying and reporting severe weather to the National Weather Service.
- Components of Thunderstorms: Severe Storm Spotters Guide
- Provides training in updraft/downdraft analysis, effects of wind shear on thunderstorm development, dangers of various outflow phenomena generated by thunderstorms, and how to spot wall clouds.
- National Association of Storm Chasers Spotters (NASCAS)
- Working to provide accurate safety and educational information to the public, educators, media, government officials, students, and to those who actually pursue severe weather.
- Storm Spotter's Reference Guide
- Introduction to the storm spotter's role, spotter do's and don'ts, key definitions, severe storm safety rules, where and how to report information, and other resources from the National Weather Service in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Australian Storm Spotters' Guide
- Guide adapted from The Storm Spotters' Handbook, published by the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, in 1995, discussing thunderstorms, how to assess severity from storm features, wall clouds, tornadoes, and other types of storms.
- Storm Spotter Guides Online
- Offers learning modules for basic and advanced storm spotting, as well as information on storm chasing, derived from the official NOAA Storm Spotters Guide.
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