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NWS Wilmington Spotter Page |
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| Submit a Spotter Report |
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- Phone
- All urgent reports should be called in to the NWS via telephone.
- Please use the unlisted weather spotter phone number, as provided by the NWS on the local spotter guide and spotter identification card.
- Amateur Radio
- Amateur radio operators are welcome to submit reports to the sectional networks that serve the NWS in Wilmington.
- Please use the procedures described on the amateur radio page.
- eSpotter
- eSpotter is an online method for submitting weather reports to the NWS.
- eSpotter is available only for trained weather spotters who have attended an NWS-led class within the past two years.
- Please visit http://espotter.weather.gov/ to register for an account.
- Email
- Storm photographs or videos (or links to media) can be sent to the spotreport.iln@noaa.gov email address.
- In order for the NWS to use these items online and in training materials, you must agree to release the media to the public domain.
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| Severe Weather |
Flooding and Rainfall |
Winter Weather |
- Tornadoes, funnel clouds, wall clouds, and persistent cloud rotation.
- Structural damage from tornadoes or severe wind gusts.
- Any trees uprooted or downed.
- Multiple large healthy limbs downed (at least 3" in diameter).
- Hail of 1/2" diameter or larger.
- Hail covering the ground.
- Do not report lightning.
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- 1" or more of rainfall in one hour or less (measured).
- Flooding that results in evacuations or rescues.
- Cars or trailers carried away by flood waters.
- Water entering the main level of homes or businesses.
- Roads closed or impassable due to high water.
- Rapidly rushing water across roadways.
- More than one foot of water across roads.
- Small streams overflowing their banks.
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- 1" or more of snow per hour.
- 1" or more of snow in the past 24 hours.
- When first measuring 2", 4", or 6" of snow.
- Storm total snowfall and snow depth.
- Any freezing rain or freezing drizzle.
- Any thunder or lightning associated with winter precipitation.
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Include the following in your report:
- Your name and spotter ID.
- Your exact location.
- 5 miles west of City A, or...
- Near the intersection of Route X and Road Y, or...
- Latitude and longitude coordinates.
- If observing a cloud feature, in what direction are you looking?
- Exact time of the event.
- If ongoing or lengthy, provide a start/end time.
- The weather event.
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