LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hosting its 15th annual weather symposium to teach families how to survive and thrive in severe weather events.

The event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Hardin Hall on the university campus. The free event will explore the wonders of weather.

Participants will have the chance to meet local television weathercasters and try out their own weathercasting skills against an interactive green screen. The event will also feather the Doppler on Wheels, a mobile tornado research laboratory, and the Nebraska Task Force Search and Rescue Dog team.

The Nebraska Emergency Management team will also talk about the deadly tornado that struck Pilger last June.