Severe Weather Awareness Day to be held virtually April 23 The Science Spectrum will host a free virtual Severe Weather Awareness Day event Friday, April 23. (Source: KCBD) By Chelsea Collinsworth | April 5, 2021 at 12:55 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 12:58 PM LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The Science Spectrum will be hosting a free virtual Severe Weather Awareness Day event Friday, April 23, for schools in our area. Severe Weather Awareness Day teaches school-age students about the study of meteorology, different weather phenomena and safety practices during severe weather. Students with the American Meteorological Society at Texas Tech will join students virtually and demonstrate several weather experiments that can be replicated in the classroom. Students will also get a look at how weather instruments work.