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Spotter Briefing Material

Local Hazardous Weather Outlook
Local Severe Weather Summary
NCEP's* Threat Assessment
* National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Local Storm Reports
Precipitation totals

Latest news from the Warning Coordination Meteorologist:

Severe Weather Outlooks
Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Meso Discussion	SPC Mesoanalysis

Radar
Reflectivity	Storm Relative Wind	Base Velocity	Storm Total Precipitation	Regional Reflectivity

Observations and Maps
Regional Surface	U.S. Surface	Current Weather	Satellite	Storm Reports

Local Spotter Information

Activation

Spotter Activation
SKYWARN Spotter Location Maps (pdf files): maps of area counties with suggested locations for spotters to view storms from.

Reporting

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Training/Info

Spotter Training Schedule - 2018 season
SKYWARN Spotter FAQ's (frequently asked questions)
NWS Skywarn Information
StormReady: a site to help cities, counties, and towns implement procedures to reduce the potential for disastrous, weather-related, consequences

References

The EF Tornado Scale (enhanced Fujita Scale)
Hail size and wind speed reference tables
Hail size Chart / Graphic (PDF)
Building a SKYWARN spotter network
Assessing storm damage
Severe Weather information
NOAA Weather Radio information
Past event summaries

Amateur Radio

SKYWARN Amateur Radio (HAM) Repeater listing - (local)
Amateur Radio Severe Weather Reporting Log
Summary of 2017 SKYWARN Recognition Day

Climatology

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