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SkywarnTM /Spotter Page
The Weathervane -- A
Newsletter for the Emergency Management and SkywarnTM Spotter Community
in the Western Carolinas and Northeast Georgia
This page details information of relevance to our
network of SKYWARNTM spotters, and ham radio reporters. If you are
interested in becoming a spotter, please email us. You do not need
to be a spotter to fill out the form to report severe weather below.
Upcoming Spotter Talks
BASIC SKYWARN SPOTTER TRAINING |
| WHEN | 11 March 2010 : 6 pm |
| WHERE | Morganton, NC |
| INFO | The training will be held at the Burke County Emergency Services Building. The address is 200 Avery Avenue Morganton, North Carolina 28680. The class will begin at 6 pm and will last approximately 2 hours. Seating is limited, so please send an email to bryan.mcavoy@noaa.gov if you plan to attend. You can also call our cooperative extension phone at 1-800-267-8101 and leave a message for Bryan. |
BASIC SKYWARN SPOTTER TRAINING |
| WHEN | 16 March 2010 : 7pm |
| WHERE | Polk County Public Library |
| INFO | Skywarn spotters serve a critical role in helping to alert their communities of the approach of severe weather. During the training session, spotters will learn what kind of severe weather to expect when the National Weather Service issues warnings for severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and flash floods. We will use video and still pictures to teach spotters how to identify tornadoes, wall clouds, areas of damaging winds, large hail and developing flash flooding.
The training will also provide information on the best way to relay severe weather information to our office and to local officials. We will cover ways to stay safe when reporting severe weather. These practices can also be used in every day life and by emergency services personnel in the field. There are a number of places on the internet where spotters can brief themselves on upcoming and ongoing severe weather, some of which are covered in this training session.
Skywarn spotter training is free and open to anyone who has an interest in severe weather. There is no obligation to report severe weather after the training, though we do collect contact
information. Training certificates and spotter guides will be distributed after the class.
The training will be held at 7 pm at the Polk County Public Library. The address is 1289 West Mills Street Columbus, NC 28722If you wish to attend this training, please send an email to bryan.mcavoy@noaa.gov. This way we can get an idea of how many people to expect. |
Remember, you DO NOT have to be a licensed, amateur {ham} radio
operator to attend and/or participate in the SkywarnTM program!
Report Severe Weather
If you have recently experienced any kind of significant weather,
please use our Significant Weather Report
Form.
NOTE: This form should not be used for real-time reports
as we cannot check our email in real time. See the form for additional
information.
Local Skywarn and Spotter Organizations
Weather Information Pages for Wireless Users
GSP Severe Products Page
Wireless Product Page
GSP
Wireless Product Page
GSP
Radar Wireless Page
County Warning Area (CWA) Map
A map of the Greenville-Spartanburg
National Weather Service Office CWA.
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