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 Skywarn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SKYWARN is a program of the United States's National Weather Service (NWS).
Many NWS offices maintain a radio station that is manned by amateur radio operators during times of severe weather to allow other amateur radio equipped spotters a reliable means by which to transmit their severe weather reports to their local office and receive up-to-date severe weather updates.
It is important to note that participation in SKYWARN does not require an amateur radio license; more than half of all SKYWARN spotters are not licensed for amateur radio and instead make their reports via telephone or the Internet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skywarn   (275 words)

  
 SKYWARN
Note that a SKYWARN alert is a good first indication that there may be an ARES/RACES call up as the most frequent type of emergency that requires amateur radio assistance in this region is caused by severe weather (coastal flooding, high wind damage, heavy snow).
The local Town of Babylon SKYWARN Severe Weather Spotting Net operates on the 146.685 W2GSB/R repeater (PL 110.9) as needed.
The alternate Suffolk County Skywarn frequency is the 145.330 WA2LQO repeater (PL 136.5).
www.tobares.org /skywarn.html   (373 words)

  
 Central Arkansas Radio Emergency Net
Skywarn (formed in the early 1970s) is the National Weather Service (NWS) program of trained volunteer severe weather spotters.
Skywarn volunteers support their local community and government by providing the NWS with timely and accurate severe weather reports.
When the Skywarn net is activated on the W5DI system, this repeater has the ability to monitor the Skywarn net through the remote base.
www.carenclub.com /skywarn.php   (980 words)

  
 WECA - SKYWARN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
SKYWARN is a plan sponsored by the National Weather Service (NWS), using volunteer weather observers for reporting destructive thunderstorms or other severe, unusual, or hazardous weather conditions.
The Westchester County SKYWARN severe weather spotting net operates on the 147.060 WB2ZII/R repeater as needed.
Note that a SKYWARN alert is a good first indication that there may be an ARES/RACES callup as the most frequent type of emergency that requires amateur radio assistance in this region is caused by severe weather (coastal flooding, high wind damage, heavy snow).
www.weca.org /skywarn.html   (272 words)

  
 NWS Buffalo Skywarn Page
SKYWARN is a national effort to save lives during severe weather emergencies with an expanding network of trained weather spotters.
By providing observations, SKYWARN spotters assist National Weather Service members in their warning decisions and enable the National Weather Service to fulfill its mission of protecting life and property.
SKYWARN spotters are trained to have a knowledge of severe weather characteristics not only to ensure they are able to recognize these, but also to avoid erroneously reporting non- hazardous conditions.
www.wbuf.noaa.gov /spt.htm   (341 words)

  
 Lafayette Louisiana SKYWARN
Nationwide, SKYWARN is a plan sponsored by the National Weather Service (NWS), using volunteer weather observers trained by NWS for reporting destructive thunderstorms or other severe, unusual, or hazardous weather conditions.
SKYWARN is a nationwide network of volunteer severe weather observers.
SKYWARN spotters are trained to spot tornadoes, funnel clouds, and severe thunderstorms.
info.louisiana.edu /mahler/skywarn   (1415 words)

  
 NWS SKYWARN
SKYWARN is a volunteer program with over 230,000 trained severe weather spotters.
Although SKYWARN spotters provide essential information for all types of weather hazards, the main responsibility of a SKYWARN spotter is to identify and describe severe local storms.
SKYWARN storm spotters are part of the ranks of citizens who form the Nation's first line of defense against severe weather.
www.weather.gov /skywarn   (349 words)

  
 NWS Bismarck SKYWARN Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
SKYWARN spotters in North Dakota consist mostly of emergency response officials and amateur radio operators.
The biggest supporters of the SKYWARN program are emergency response officials and amateur radio operators.
Contact your local County Emergency Manager for location and time of the SKYWARN training in your county this spring.
www.crh.noaa.gov /bis/skywarn.htm   (310 words)

  
 StormTrack: SKYWARN
SKYWARN is the name given to a program sponsored by the US National Weather Service.
The program is made up of thousands of who volunteers attend regular training and then spend hours scanning the skies of their communities looking for signs of meteorological mayhem.
These volunteers, usually organized under the SKYWARN banner in the USA or CANWARN in Canada, are trained by weather service forecasters to be the eyes and ears (and skin) of the warning forecasters.
www.stormtrack.org /skywarn   (730 words)

  
 NALSW.net - North Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee SKYWARN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The North Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee SKYWARN net is a part of SKYWARN, a voluntary program developed by the National Weather Service to improve the weather warning program.
SKYWARN volunteers serve as storm spotters for the National Weather Service and local emergency management programs.
North Alabama SKYWARN volunteers come from all walks of life but they all have generally three things in common - an interest in the weather, an interest in serving their community, and an interest in amateur radio.
www.nalsw.net   (155 words)

  
 East Tennessee SKYWARN
We have chosen this repeater for several reasons, among them being the wide coverage the repeater has with the East Tennessee area as well as the reliability of the backup power the repeater has to stay on the air when commercial power is lost.
The name "East Tennessee SKYWARN" is now protected by this copyright and may not be used by any other web site or club, as we provide a service to the ENTIRE EAST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY, not to a county, club, or specific entity within the area we provide our service.
This SKYWARN web page is designed to inform the public about severe weather awareness as well as provide useful weather information to amateur radio weather spotters and the general public.
www.etskywarn.net   (1734 words)

  
 Cuyahoga County Skywarn CCSW Home
Cuyahoga County Skywarn, under the authority of the National Weather Service, receives and passes ground truth weather reports from a network of trained severe weather spotters anytime there exists a watch or warning that affects Cuyahoga County or any of the adjacent counties.
We, the amateur radio Skywarn Spotters, are the fastest method of storm spotting at the disposal of the National Weather Service.
With the ability to rapidly communicate the ground truth comes a great responsibility, particularly considering that Cuyahoga County Skywarn services one county on a primary basis and five others on a secondary basis.
www.ccsw.us   (237 words)

  
 Skywarn
The Skywarn Webring is open to all Skywarn / CanWarn members, clubs and Orginizations supporting the Skywarn or CanWarn program.
The Northeast Arkansas Skywarn Network is a group of interested individuals working in cooperation with the Midsouth Skywarn Emergency Network under the direction of the National Weather Service in Memphis Tennessee.
SENCTN provides communications and trains operators in the proper method of handling messages during emergencies, to learn net operations and procedures, pass traffic, make announcements and to post bulletins, to foster fellowship among amateurs; and provide a means of passing tactical information between participating Counties.
p.webring.com /hub?ring=skywarn   (980 words)

  
 The West Central Florida SKYWARN Group was formed in 1998 by Amateur Radio operators living along Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The West Central Florida SKYWARN Group was formed in 1998 by Amateur Radio operators living along Florida's West Coast to support the National Weather Service Forecast Office at Ruskin, FL This office serves a fifteen county area including metropolitan TampaBay, Fort Myers, Bradenton-Sarasota and Lakeland-Winter Haven, Sebring and the Nature Coast.
The West Central Florida SKYWARN Group is the licensee and operator of the WX4TBW Amateur Radio Station at the NWS-TampaBay office.
SKYWARN Spotters are asked to submit their reports using the T-E-L method (i.e.
www.tbwskywarn.org   (399 words)

  
 Hall County SKYWARN/ARES - Hall County, GA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
All you need to do to become a member of the SKYWARN volunteer network is an interest in watching the sky and a dedication to helping save lives.
SKYWARN spotters are trained to spot tornados, funnel clouds, and severe thunderstorms.
This information is then used to provide appropriate warnings for communities in the path of the storm and to keep people informed about what is happening and what steps they may need to take to protect themselves.
www.hallskywarn.org   (398 words)

  
 Pendleton Skywarn
The Skywarn Program is a cooperative effort involving the National Weather Service (NWS) and trained volunteer weather spotters who provide the National Weather Service with crucial reports of severe weather throughout the year.
This branch of the Skywarn Team uses amateur (ham) radio networks to communicate with each other and to relay weather reports to the National Weather Service in Pendleton.
For more information on how the Skywarn program is implemented in your county, choose your County name in the navigation bar on the right and you will find contact information for the coordinator in that county as well as Skywarn Net information for amateur radio operators.
www.skywarn-pdt.org   (848 words)

  
 NWS Norman, Oklahoma - SKYWARN Program
You are at: NWS » NWS SRH » NWS Norman » SKYWARN
The NWS Norman SKYWARN Radio Network should be thought of as a "liaison net" during severe weather.
It is not intended to collect individual spotter reports, but rather to serve as a collection point where local spotter networks can relay information to the NWS.
www.srh.noaa.gov /oun/skywarn   (456 words)

  
 Index to SKYWARN Web Pages On The Internet
Dayton Section SKYWARN - In Indiana, covering the counties of Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Shelby.
SKYWARN Las Vegas - - Covering parts of Arizona (Mohave Co.), California (Sanbernardino and Inyo Cos.), and Nevada (Clark, Esmeralda, Nye, and Lincoln Cos.).
Dayton Section SKYWARN - In Ohio, covering the counties of Clark, Darke, Fayette, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Union, Northern Warren, and Wayne.
www.afn.org /~afn09444/weather/skywarn.html   (1031 words)

  
 Skywarn -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Trained spotters often have an (Click link for more info and facts about amateur radio) amateur radio license, and many national weather service offices have an amateur radio station within the facility to receive weather reports by individuals or networks of spotters.
A local National Weather Service office may activate their (Click link for more info and facts about amateur radio) amateur radio station in anticipation of severe weather, or after it issues any warnings.
Severe (A storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning) Thunderstorm reports include:
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sk/skywarn.htm   (320 words)

  
 SKYWARN Texas Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The SKYWARN Texas website is in part made possible through the assistance of Zephyrus Electronics Ltd., manufacturers of 9600 baud EMWIN downlink equipment and VHF receivers and demods.
SKYWARN TEXAS is designed as an information source to the amateur radio community and others who serve as SKYWARN volunteers for the National Weather Service and local Emergency Management Offices throughout the Lone Star State.
SKYWARN Texas assumes no responsibility for the timeliness or accuracy of weather information obtained through this website.
www.skywarn-texas.org /home.htm   (235 words)

  
 Gwinnett County Skywarn :: Home
His or her real-time observations of tornadoes, hail, wind and significant cloud formations provide a truly reliable information base for severe weather detection and verification.
Through our free email and phone weather alert system, Gwinnett Skywarn provides the community with timely, potentially life-saving information.
Gwinnett Skywarn is an integral part of the weather notification process.
www.gwinnettskywarn.com   (242 words)

  
 Alachua County SKYWARN
Alachua County SKYWARN is an organized system of trained local spotter volunteers operating under the NWS Severe Storm Reporting Networks program.
1) Alachua County SKYWARN spotters report severe weather-related events occuring within the county specifically to the Jacksonville Office (NWSO-JAX) of the National Weather Service, as well as to local Emergency Management, helping both to provide better weather watch and warning services to the public.
Alachua County SKYWARN plays host to both Basic and Advanced NWS Spotter Training sessions, which we try to offer on a repeating six-month basis (or as is convenient for the NWS-JAX instructors).
www.afn.org /~skywarn   (661 words)

  
 Welcome to the St. Louis County SKYWARN Program Official Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The St. Louis County SKYWARN program is one of many services provided by the St. Louis County Police Department, Office of Emergency Management.
Provide briefly your SKYWARN number, general location, time of the event, and your report.
To qualify, a number of goals must be met based on population, including number and level of training programs, level of community preparedness, school participation, an active SKYWARN program, and advanced community warning systems.
www.stlouisco-skywarn.org   (456 words)

  
 RACES / Skywarn Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) was set up by the FCC to help government organizations and amateur radio operators to interact in a formal and reliable manner under emergency conditions.
SKYWARN trained volunteer groups help relay information about severe weather conditions to the NWS (National Weather Service, a division of NOAA).
In the Dallas/Fort Worth area, this function is exclusively provided by individual RACES organizations operating independently, or together under one net (such as Dallas County RACES), as required.
www.w5fc.org /races.htm   (217 words)

  
 Collier County SKYWARN Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Basic and Advanced Skywarn training is now scheduled for Friday , and again on Saturday .
Rick Zyvoloski KG4WSG is the SKYWARN coordinator for Collier County, FL.
In March 2004, the most recent basic and advanced severe weather spotter courses were taught in Naples by Jim Lushine Warning Coordination Meteorologist from the Miami NWS office.
www.collierem.org /skywarn.htm   (513 words)

  
 2005 Special Event
This Page is a clearing house for information about SKYWARN Recognition Day.
SKYWARN Recognition Day was developed in 1999 by the National Weather
During the day SKYWARN operators visit NWS offices and contact other radio operators across the world.
hamradio.noaa.gov   (214 words)

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