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2008 SKYWARNTM
Spotter
Training Schedule
City
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County
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Location
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Class Type
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Date
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Time
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Sign Up
and Additional Info |
Miami Springs (SPANISH) |
Miami-Dade |
All Angels Episcopal Church
1234 Heron Avenue
Miami Springs, FL 33166 |
Basic/Advanced
(SPANISH) |
Saturday, September 27, 2008 |
5 PM - 8 PM |
Antonio Buehler
k4abb@qthpanama.com |
Buckhead Ridge |
Glades |
Community Association
35 8th Street (behind Fire Dept)
Buckhead Ridge |
Basic/Advanced |
Saturday September 20, 2008 |
9:30 AM- 1 PM |
Angie Snow
asnow@MyGlades.com
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What is a Storm Spotter?
The SkywarnTM spotter program
is a nationwide network
of
volunteers trained by the National Weather Service (NWS) to report
significant weather. Anyone is welcome to participate, although we
strongly encourage that members be 18 years of age or older.
Why SkywarnTM?
The NWS’s mission is to protect
lives and
property. When weather conditions are favorable for severe
thunderstorms or tornadoes are expected to develop, a severe
thunderstorm or tornado WATCH is issued. A Severe Thunderstorm or
Tornado WARNING is issued when severe weather has been reported by a
SkywarnTM spotter or indicated by Doppler radar.
SkywarnTM volunteers
become the NWS’s and local Emergency Management’s
eyes and
ears, helping to provide better weather watch and warning services.
Who will activate SkywarnTM?
The NWS and/or the local emergency management
authorities
may activate the SkywarnTM net whenever there is
a threat of severe
weather or the NWS issues a severe thunderstorm or tornado watch. In
this case information may be relayed through amateur radio repeaters.
Localized events may be phoned directory to the NWS and/or local
emergency management.
Where will SkywarnTM
Observations be taken?
SkywarnTM reports are relayed
from on the road, while
at
work, or at your home. It is important not to jeopardize your
own
safety while participating in SkywarnTM.
SkywarnTM and Amateur
Radio Operators
HAM radio operators have a special place in the
Skywarn
program. NWS offices have HAM equipment on site. SkywarnTM
nets run by
the volunteer amateur radio net control operators allow for reports to
be directly heard at National Weather Service offices. Some local HAM
Radio and Emergency Management homepages for counties around the area:
Palm Beach County SKYWARNTM
Palm Beach County Emergency
Management
Broward County Emergency
Management
Miami Dade Emergency
Management
Monroe County Emergency
Management
Collier County SKYWARNTM
Collier
County Emergency Management
Hendry County Web Site
Online
Reporting of Severe Weather
Click the following link to submit your reports to
NWS Miami online!
Submit
Online Report
Spotters, please remember to relay your reports to us when
severe weather occurs.
Basic
Reporting Procedures
Please remember to identify yourself as a trained spotter and give your
ID number.
Always use the "Four Ws" when
reporting:
- What
- Where
- When
- What it's doing
Report any strong winds (50 mph or greater), or any wind that produces
damage.
Report any hail. Refer to hail size in comparison to coin
(dime,
nickel, penny, quarter). DO NOT mention "marble" size hail.
Report funnel clouds, wall clouds or tornadoes. Remember,
rotation and persistence are the keys!!
Report damage (even well after the event).
Report flooding.
For additional information on SkywarnTM,
please write
or
phone the NWS, Monday through Friday 800 A.M. to 400 P.M.
National Weather Service
Robert
Molleda
(Warning Coordination Meteorologist)
11691
SW 17th Street
Miami, FL 33165
305-229-4520
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