The United States experiences more severe weather than any other country on the planet. Weather severely affects our daily lives. We plan our day-to-day activites based on that particular day's weather. We wouldn't be able to do this without the National Weather Service, an offical United States government agency. The National Weather Service is also responsible for issuing watches, warnings, and advisories for severe weather. They wouldn't, however, be able to do this without the help of the SKYWARN program.
     
The SKYWARN program teaches participants everything they need to know about weather. The most important thing that they learn is how to accurately identify different types of severe weather. It is important that they do this so their reports are accurate and a watch, warning, and/or advisory is issued accordingly. The program has really proven it's usefulness to the National Weather Service and they now rely on the SKYWARN program to provide them live reports during severe weather.