Calling All SKYWARN Spotters

With the severe weather season always around the corner , we at NWS Birmingham are looking at involving area NWS SKYWARN Spotters in an exciting new online method for sending storm reports via instant messaging. If you are interested in joining this new adventure, we need a little information from you. To learn more, please email us at SR-BMX.Spotter@noaa.gov with your name, location, and date and place of SKYWARN training. Once we receive this information, we will send back the simple enrollment instructions. All information sent to the NWS Birmingham Office will be kept in confidence.

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What is a SKYWARN Spotter?

SKYWARN is the National Weather Service (NWS) program of trained volunteer weather spotters. Storm spotters come from many walks of life, including fire fighters, law enforcement, and amateur radio operators. SKYWARN spotters coordinate with local emergency management officials and send reports of weather based phenomena to the NWS.

In addition to serving as a community's first line of defense against dangerous storms, spotters provide important information to warning forecasters who make critical warning decisions. SKYWARN storm spotters play a critical role of giving the NWS vital ground truth data, which helps the NWS perform its primary mission, to save lives and property.

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