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Skywarn™ Spotters and General Public |
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| Skywarn™ Spotters are an important asset to the NWS. We ask our Spotters to provide us
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If you are a Skywarn™ Spotter the best way to contact us is by using the "800" number provided on your Skywarn™ card.
Skywarn™ Spotters and the public can also provide us reports in other ways. |
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ESpotter and the automated phone system enable Severe Weather Reporting for Skywarn™ Spotters, and the general public.
Your severe weather reports reach forecasters in real time and, after quality control, may be included in a Local Storm Report(LSR) product. Information included in Local Storm Reports is also plotted on a map. |
Use these maps to see the latest storm reports.
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Local Storm Reports
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Experimental LSR Display |
If you experience any of the following,
Please Report It! |
Thunderstorm Criteria:
- Tornadoes or funnel clouds (be very wary of look-alikes; watch for rotation)
- Rotating appendage from a cumulonimbus cloud not touching the ground
- Wall clouds, especially if they are rotating
- Hail (Be specific with regard to size)
- Report any size and specify diameter.
- Quarter (1") and larger is severe!
- Hail Sizes Chart
- Wind Gusts
- 40 mph or greater; specify whether estimated or recorded
- large branches downed (specify diameter of branch)
- Trees/power lines downed
- Structural damage to buildings (roof, windows, etc.)
- Rainfall
- 1 inch or greater in an hour and every inch thereafter
- 2 inches or greater storm total
- Flooding
- Report any flooding
- Basement, road
- Streams/Rivers -- also, when nearing bankfull
- Street (depth of water)
Winter Criteria:
- Snowfall
- When (new) snow accumulation reaches 2 inches
- Then at 4 inches, 6 inches, and every 3 inches thereafter (eg. 2,4,6,9,12,etc)
- Give a final report/total at the end of the storm
- Thunder Snow - time and location
- Ice
- Any occurrance, or accumulation, of freezing rain
- Accumulation of 1/4" or more
- Flooding
- Report any flooding
- Ice jams/snow melt
- General Winter Reports
- When forecast differs significantly from observed (i.e. snowing with no snow in forecast, sleet...when only snow is forecast...)
- Any other significant weather occurrence(i.e. damage from strong winds not associated with a thunderstorm)
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