SKYWARN®

To Submit a Weather Report

E-mail weather reports to LWX-Report@noaa.gov. Call 800-253-7091 if it is a wind, hail, flooding or tornado report.

UPCOMING SKYWARN® CLASSES

**We will resume classes again in September 2016. Please check back this month for a listing of our fall classes**

CLASS	DATE	TIME	COUNTY	LOCATION	REGISTRATION INFORMATION
CONVECTION	10/3/2016	6:30-9:30 pm	CHARLES	Charles County Government Building, Commissioners Meeting Room 200 Baltimore Street La Plata, Maryland 20646	http://charlesskywarnconvection.eventbrite.com
BASIC	10/12/2016	6:30-9:30 pm	GRANT	Maysville Volunteer Fire Company WV-42 Maysville, WV 26883	http://skywarnbasicgrant.eventbrite.com
BASIC	10/12/2016	6:30-9:30 pm	GREENE	Stanardsville Volunteer Fire Department 275 Celt Rd Stanardsville, VA 22973	http://skywarngreenecounty.eventbrite.com
WINTER	10/24/2016	6:30-9:30 pm	HOWARD	Roger Carter Community Center 3000 Milltowne Drive Ellicott City, MD 21043	http://howardskywarnwinter.eventbrite.com
BASIC	11/2/2016	6:30-9:30 pm	ALLEGANY	Allegany County Department of Emergency Services 11400 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Road SE Cumberland, MD 21502	https://alleganyskywarnbasics.eventbrite.com/
BASIC	11/3/2016	7:00-10:00 pm	LOUDOUN	The Oliver Robert Dubé Fire and Rescue Training Academy 16600 Courage Court Leesburg, VA 20175	http://skywarnbasicsloudoun.eventbrite.com
WINTER	11/7/2016	6:00-9:00 pm	ST. MARY'S	Chesapeake Building 41770 Baldridge Street Leonardtown, MD 20650	http://stmaryskywarnwinter.eventbrite.com

Registering for a SKYWARN® Class

People are required to pre-register for all classes. This is necessary to control class size and provide the proper amount of handouts. Classes have a limited amount of space. If you register for a class and can not make it, please notify us so we can make your spot available to someone else. Upcoming classes are announced on this page and on NOAA Weather Radio. All training classes and SKYWARN® membership are free. You may attend a class that is not located in the city/county you live in.

SKYWARN® Presentations and Field Guides

Please feel free to download or print up our SKYWARN® presentation(s) either prior to the class to take notes on or as a review after the course.

Class Descriptions

Please also feel free to download a copy of the Basic Spotters' Field Guide for more information.

English Version

Spanish Version

ONLINE SKYWARN® Courses

National SKYWARN® courses are also offered online by COMET on their MetED site (located here). These courses are free, and can be of extra value to you with severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. However, the local information on the multitude of weather threats we get in our region is missing. It is because of this vital missing information that you will not be registered into our spotter database or receive a spotter number until you take our Basics I SKYWARN® class taught by one of our meteorologists from the NWS Baltimore/Washington Forecast Office.

SKYWARN® Information FAQ

What is the Advisory Committee?
Where are our spotters?

Reporting Procedures

Severe Weather Reporting
Winter Weather Reporting
Spotter Glossary

Amateur Radio

How to Join Local Amateur Radio
SKYWARN® Amateur Radio Frequencies
American Radio Relay League (ARRL)

Other Related Sites

Make your family disaster plan here!
National SKYWARN® Page
FEMA
Hurricane Watch Net

E-mail LWX SKYWARN® Coordinator Heather Sheffield at heather.sheffield@noaa.gov for any questions, comments, concerns or if you have forgotten your Spotter ID. If you need to just download a new card (generic, without a specific spotter ID), please click here.