Skywarn

North Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee Skywarn Webpage 

www.nalsw.net

SKYWARN is the National Weather Service (NWS) program of trained volunteer weather spotters. Storm spotters come from many walks of life, including fire fighters, law enforcement, and amateur radio operators. SKYWARN spotters coordinate with local emergency management officials and send reports of weather based phenomena to the NWS.  Skywarn spotter training is FREE and open to any member of the public.  Prior registration is NOT required.

In addition to serving as a community's first line of defense against dangerous storms, spotters provide important information to warning forecasters who make critical warning decisions. SKYWARN storm spotters play a critical role of giving the NWS vital ground truth data, which helps the NWS perform our primary mission, to save lives and property.

The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Huntsville maintains communications with area emergency managers, law enforcement and spotters who report via amateur radio during severe or adverse weather events. The Northern Alabama SKYWARN group, and the NWS Huntsville provide guidelines and information on how to become involved with Northern Alabama and Southern Middle Tennessee SKYWARN activities.

Spotter Information

• Spotter's Field Guides* --   Basic ~500K* Mobile Version (Español)
• There are three online modules available to provide baseline training for all spotters along with an overview of SKYWARN. Go to https://learn.meted.ucar.edu/#/public-dashboard. You'll need to register as a "General User," and then search for "Skywarn" which should give you access to three courses in "SKYWARN Spotter Training". 
• Storm Spotter's Guide from Univ of IL Urbana-Champaign

Additional Spotter Links

• NWS SKYWARN
• National Spotter Network

January 7th

6:00 PM

Colbert County, AL

Colbert County EMA

91 Harcourt Morgan Way, Muscle Shoals, AL. 345661.

January 20th

6:00 PM

Madison County, AL

U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Nat Geo Theater

1 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, AL 35809

January 22nd

6:00 PM

Jackson/Dekalb County, AL

Northeast Alabama Community College

138 AL-35, Rainsville, AL 35986

February 3rd

6:00 PM

Lawrence County, AL

Lawrence County EMA

555 Walnut Street, Moulton, AL 35650

February 5th

6:00 PM

Lauderdale County, AL

Oakland Fire Department

5300 County Road 15, Florence, AL 35633

February 24th

6:00 PM

Franklin County, AL

Location: TBD

February 26th

6:00 PM

Limestone County, AL

Limestone County EMA

1011 Market St, Athens, AL 35611

March 3rd

6:00 PM

Morgan County, AL

Oak Ridge Fire Department #2

2580 Vaughn Bridge Road, Hartselle, AL 35640

March 5th

6:00 PM

Lincoln County, TN

Lincoln County EMA

1615 Wilson Pkwy, Fayetteville, TN 37334