| Mayor Hal Daub of Omaha opened the afternoon session by thanking the participants at the symposium for their interest in being storm spotters and volunteering to assist in times of natural disasters. |
| KMTV Channel 3 Meteorologists Craig Koplien and Mark Lee spoke about the times when the weather becomes the news. |
| Paul Mc Crone, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB spoke about strange atmospheric electrical discharges known as"Sprites, Blue Jets, & Elves". |
| Herb Stein, a technician last summer with the Doppler on Wheels project and currently with DTN in Omaha spoke about the DOW activities of this past severe weather season. |