SKYWARN®

National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington

SKYWARN ®

To Submit a Weather Report

SNOW/ICE REPORTS: If you are a spotter, submit snow and ice reports at: https://goo.gl/forms/9617O51NiDXOvYwD2
Flooding, hail, wind or tornado reports: Call 1-800-253-7091
Other reports can be emailed to: lwx-report@noaa.gov

Upcoming SKYWARN® Classes
We are in the process of scheduling classes for the 2017 fall SKYWARN® season.
Classes will likely resume after November 1, 2017. Thank you for your support!

CLASS	DATE	TIME	COUNTY	LOCATION	REGISTRATION
BASICS	03-02-2017	6:30 - 9:30 PM	Fairfax	Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Academy 4600 West Ox Road Fairfax, VA 22030	Class was held
BASICS	03-07-2017	6:30 - 9:30 PM	Orange	Town of Orange Public Works 235 Warren Street Orange, VA 22960	Class was held
BASICS	03-27-2017	6:00 - 9:00 PM	St. Mary's	Southern Maryland Higher Education Center Room Central Hall Building #2 44219 Airport Road California, MD 20619	Class was held
CONVECTION (Advanced)	03-29-2017	6:30 - 9:30 PM	Morgan	Senior Life Services of Morgan County Senior Center 106 Sand Mine Road Berkeley Springs, WV 25411	Class was held
BASICS	04-03-2017	6:30 - 9:30 PM	Prince George's	Maryland Fire & Rescue Institute 4500 Campus Drive College Park, MD 20740	Class was held
FLOOD	04-05-2017	6:30 - 9:30 PM	Montgomery	Public Safety HQ 100 Edison Park Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20878	Class was held
FLOOD	04-12-2017	6:30 - 9:30 PM	Jefferson	Independent Fire Company 200 West 2nd Avenue Ranson, WV 25438	Class was held
BASICS	04-17-2017	6:30 - 9:30 PM	City of Charlottesville	Gordon Avenue Library Century Room 1500 Gordon Avenue Charlottesville, VA 22903	Class was held
BASICS	04-18-2017	6:30 - 9:30 PM	Fauquier	Fauquier Hospital Sycamore A Conference Room 500 Hospital Drive Warrenton, VA 20186	Class was held
FLOOD	04-18-2017	7:00 - 10:00 PM	Loudoun	Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Training Center 16600 Courage Court Leesburg, VA 20175	Class was held
TROPICAL (Advanced)	04-20-2017	6:30 - 9:30 PM	Spotsylvania	Fire Rescue Station 4 4804 Bancroft Road Fredericksburg, VA 22408	Class was held
BASICS	04-24-2017	6:30 - 9:30 PM	Harford	Harford County Department of Emergency Services 2220 Ady Road Forest Hill, MD 21050	Class was held
BASICS	04-27-2017	6:30 - 9:30 PM	Anne Arundel	Henry L. Hein Public Safety (Auditorium) 7480 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd Glen Burnie, MD 21061	Class was held
FLOOD	04-27-2017	6:00 - 9:00 PM	City of Waynesboro	Charles T Yancey Building - City Council Chambers 503 W Main Street Waynesboro, VA 22980	Class was held
FLOOD	05-03-2017	6:30 - 9:30 PM	Howard	George Howard Building Banneker Room 3410 Court House Drive Ellicott City, MD 21043	Class was held
BASICS	05-04-2017	4:00 - 6:30 PM	District of Columbia (DC)	American Association for the Advancement of Science 1200 New York Ave NW Washington DC 20005	Class was held
CONVECTION (Advanced)	05-25-2017	6:30 - 9:30 PM	Arlington	Arlington County Fire Training Academy 2800 South Taylor Street Arlington, VA 22206	Class was held

Important notes:
-Advanced classes require SKYWARN® Basics as a prerequisite.
-You may attend a class even if it is not in the county you reside in.
-Due to the high demand of classes we can not offer classes in every region every season.

What is SKYWARN®?

SKYWARN® is a national network of volunteer severe weather spotters. The spotters are trained by local National Weather Service Forecast Offices on how to spot severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail and flooding. In some parts of the country, spotters also report snowfall and ice accumulation.

Join SKYWARN®

National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington

SKYWARN® Presentations

Descriptions of SKYWARN Spotter Classes

SKYWARN® Basics (pdf)

SKYWARN® Flood (pdf)

SKYWARN® Convection (pdf)

SKYWARN® Winter (pdf)

SKYWARN® Tropical (pdf)

Basic Spotter Field Guide

**Online Courses Available**

National SKYWARN® courses are also offered online by COMET on their MetED site (located here.) These courses can be extra value to you however they do not replace the SKYWARN® Basics course taught by one of our meteorologists from the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington. These online courses leave out vital information on the multitude of weather threats we get in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Amateur Radio

National Capital Area Skywarn Support Group

Additional SKYWARN® Information

National SKYWARN Page

Print our a Spotter ID card

Review on measuring snow