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When weather conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms, or tornadoes
are expected to develop, a severe thunderstorm or tornado WATCH is issued.
National Weather Service officials notify members of the Jackson Amateur Radio
Club Skywarn team and the Skywarn network is activated. Team members operate
two meter and HF stations from the NWS Office, and amateurs throughout the watch
area are called upon to provide eyewitness information to supplement radar and
other systems.
What to Do
Do listen to your NOAA weather radio
Do check the NWS web site for the
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK and SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT Also check the
weather radar.
Do listen on the 146.940 VHF and 444.000 UHF repeaters and 3.862 on HF for the SkyWarn net
Net control operators should contact Billy Bob (N5XXX) and advise him of your availability
Do check into the SkyWarn net (WX5JAN)
Do give your call sign phonetically and your location when you check in
Do advise net control of changes in your status
Do report requested severe weather conditions (see What to Report below)
Do direct all your traffic to SkyWarn net control
Do be understanding/patient with the net control operator
Do pause before talking to allow the repeaters that are linked to come up
Dp pause after talking to allow repeaters to come down
Do allow time between transmissions in the event that emergency traffic
needs to be passed
What to NOT Do
Do NOT show up unannounced at NWS, you will be turned away.
Do NOT break the net unless necessary
Do NOT report unnecessary weather conditions like "Its raining hard here",
"The weather is looking bad", or "The wind is really blowing". This type of
unspecific information is useless and you are tying up the radio.
What to Report
Hail
(by size) Penny, Quarter, Half Dollar, Walnut, Golfball, Baseball or larger
Wind Damage
Funnel Clouds
Tornado on the ground
Flooding
Non-hams should make reports to the nearest law enforcement agency.
If you are interested in working with SKYWARN contact Wm. Robert "Billy Bob" Sekul,
N5XXX.
More SkyWarn information is available from the
National Weather Service Forecast Office in Jackson
and www.skywarn.org
SkyWarn Documents
The forms, logs, and scripts were revised in 2004 by Greg King, W5GEK.
The Spotter Report is of particular interest to hams because it clearly
defines the information needed by NWS.
Skywarn - Spotter report.doc
Skywarn - Log.xls
Skywarn - Threat summary.xls
Skywarn - VHF UHF Opening Script.doc
Skywarn - VHF UHF Closing Script.doc
Skywarn - HF Opening Script.doc
Skywarn - HF Closing Script.doc
Skywarn - 10 Minute Script.doc
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