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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0. An Eye to the Sky - Weather Spotting 1. Spotter Training Overview 2. Why Are Spotters Important? 3. What Can a Spotter Do? 4. Spotter Checklist 5. Funnel Cloud 6. Tornado 7. Tornado Imposters 8. More Tornado Imposters 9. Hail 10. Strong or Damaging Winds 11. Straight line Winds/Microburst 12. Heavy Rain 13. Flooding 14. Flash Flooding 15. More Flooding	16. Heavy Snow 17. Mixed Precipitation 18. Poor Visibility 19. Travel Problems due to Weather 20. Damage, Injury or Loss of Life 21. Reporting Procedures 22. Reporting Procedures 2 23. Spotter Resources 24. Spotter Safety 25. Spotter Safety 2 26. Watch vs. Warning vs. Advisory 27. Mission of NWS Spokane 28. NWS Technology 29. Value of Spotter reports 30. Congratulations!

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