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The Tri-State "SkywarnPrepared"
Recognition Program initiative is designed to:
- Promote the importance of the SKYWARN Program
at NWS Upton NY;
- Recognize those organizations that have
been and will continue to be an active and integral part of
the NWS Upton SKYWARN program;
- Generate additional interest in the NWS
Upton SKYWARN Program, particularly among those in the Amateur
Radio community.
Our SkywarnPrepared Organizations as of 8 May 2003...
- 10-70 Repeater Association (also SkywarnActive!)
- Orange County ARES
- Greater Norwalk Amateur Radio Club (GNARC)
- Rockland Repeater Association (RRA)
“SKYWARN Prepared” Amateur Radio Club (or other organization)
Criteria:
- Organization Membership Requirements...either
”a” or “b,” whichever is smaller...this
is at the discretion of the Tri-State SKYWARN Leadership Team.
a)
Twenty (20) active
members who are “current” SKYWARN spotters; OR
b)
For smaller organizations,
20% of active membership, but no fewer than five (5) members,
must be “current” SKYWARN spotters.
- The Editor of the Club’s
newsletter (and/or website) allows coverage of SKYWARN events. Examples include the following:
a) SKYWARN
training classes (Basic and Advanced Classes).
b) Other SKYWARN
or weather-related events (i.e., SKYWARN Recognition Day, Hazardous
Weather Awareness Week).
"SKYWARN
Active” Amateur Radio Club (or other organization) Criteria:
- All “SKYWARN Prepared” Club criterion
must be met.
- Additional Organization Membership
Requirements…either ”a” or “b,” whichever
is smaller...(This is at the discretion of the Tri-State SKYWARN
Leadership Team.)
a)
60% of Club’s
spotters must be “current” Advanced SKYWARN spotters
(min. 10).
b)
Twenty-five (25)
“current” Advanced Spotters.
- Additional Requirements for
Amateur Radio Clubs with Repeaters only:
a) The
Board of Directors allows the County Coordinators to use the
repeater on an emergency basis for severe weather events. (This
could be intermittent or continual usage during SKYWARN activation.)
b)
The
Board of Directors allows the county SKYWARN Coordinators to
use the club’s repeater(s) for the following...
- Regularly scheduled
SKYWARN drills
- Special SKYWARN events
- SKYWARN-related announcements
to be broadcast during any regularly-scheduled nets run by the
club.
Upon satisfactory
certification of the above requirements by the applying organization’s
Board of Directors to the Tri-State SKYWARN Leadership Team, the
appropriate designation will be awarded for a three-year period. This designation may be “renewed”
after the three-year period upon certification that all requirements
continue to be met.
The Tri-State Leadership Team is defined as the NWS Upton
Program Leader, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, and the Regional
Coordinator for Amateur Radio.
Current Spotters are defined as those who have been
trained (or retrained) by the NWS within the past three years.
Download
an application form (.pdf format) here.
Page last updated
February 17, 2006
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