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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
246 PM EDT THU MAR 28 2013
..2013 INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK: MARCH 24 THROUGH
MARCH 30...
...2013 KENTUCKY SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS MONTH...
...SKYWARN SPOTTERS RELAY CRITICAL WEATHER INFORMATION...
EACH YEAR A DEDICATED GROUP OF VOLUNTEER WEATHER SPOTTERS...CALLED
SKYWARN...PROVIDE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES ACROSS INDIANA WITH
IMPORTANT EYEWITNESS INFORMATION ABOUT TORNADOES...FLASH FLOODS
AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS.
SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE PEOPLE WITH AN INTEREST IN THE WEATHER AND AN
INTEREST IN HELPING OTHERS.
ONE GROUP OF SKYWARN SPOTTERS INCLUDES AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS.
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS RELAY IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BY RADIO. THEY
DEDICATE HOURS TO MANNING STATIONS AT THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
AND OTHER LOCATIONS TO RELAY THOSE REPORTS. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN SKYWARN AS WELL. THIS INCLUDES EMERGENCY SERVICE
PERSONNEL AND ANYONE WITH AN INTEREST IN WEATHER AND IN SERVING
THEIR COMMUNITY. THESE REPORTS ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT.
NEW DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS CAN IDENTIFY ROTATING
THUNDERSTORMS...SOMETIMES...EVEN BEFORE A TORNADO TOUCHES GROUND.
STILL...SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO CONFIRM THAT TORNADOES
HAVE TOUCHED DOWN...TO REPORT ON THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE...AND TO
PROVIDE ADDED DETAILS OF A THREAT TO A COMMUNITY.
TO OUR MANY FRIENDS IN THE SKYWARN PROGRAM...WE AT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND HELP.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING INVOLVED WITH SKYWARN... PLEASE
CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ILN FOR INFORMATION ON
SPOTTER TRAINING CLASSES.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HAM RADIO...WE CAN HELP YOU FIND A PERSON
OR RADIO CLUB IN YOUR AREA THAT WILL ASSIST YOU IN GETTING YOUR HAM
RADIO LICENSE.
AGAIN...THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SKYWARN OR SEVERE WEATHER
SPOTTERS. WE APPRECIATE THE VALUABLE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE.
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