Scattered Severe Thunderstorms Across the Northern Plains; Fire Weather Concerns in the Western U.S.

Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast across central and eastern North Dakota, as well as far northwest Minnesota Saturday (Slight Risk level 2 of 5). Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist through the weekend across the Western U.S. Isolated dry thunderstorms could lead to new fire starts over portions of the northern Rockies. Read More >

	NWS Wilmington Spotter Page
	Amateur Radio

The HAM radio network, which serves the Wilmington, Ohio forecast area, is set up to facilitate a four stage process.

The front lines are the HAM radio operators (HAMs) in the field.
HAMs will radio in their reports to their regional net controller in either Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati, or West Union.
These net controllers will then relay the information to the Wilmington net controller.
The Wilmington net controller will then pass the reports to the operational staff at the National Weather Service. The Wilmington net control station is located in the NWS building near the operational floor.

A map showing how counties and the regional net controllers are divided up can be seen below.

Frequencies and Links
Dayton (W8OK)	146.640 MHz - Southern Miami Valley 146.835 MHz - Northern Miami Valley	Website
Cincinnati (W8NWS)	146.880 MHz - Tri-State Region	Website
Columbus (N8WX)	146.760 MHz - Central Ohio	Website
West Union (K8GE)	147.000 MHz - South-Central OH / Northeast KY	Website
Wilmington (WX8WIL)	147.120 MHz - Clinton County
What To Report