SKYWARN®

National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington

SKYWARN ®

To Submit a Weather Report

RAIN/SNOW/ICE REPORTS: LWX Spotters: you can now submit heavy rainfall (1"+), as well as snow and/or 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

CLASS	DATE	TIME	COUNTY	LOCATION	REGISTRATION
Basic	Wednesday 04/03/2019	7pm - 9pm	Culpeper	Culpeper County Office of Emergency Services 14022 Public Safety Court Culpeper, VA 22701	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-basics-culpeper-county-tickets-56511595704
Basic	Thursday 04/25/2019	6pm - 8pm	St. Mary's	Chesapeake Building 41770 Baldridge Street Leonardtown, MD 20650	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-basics-st-marys-county-tickets-56381693162
Flood	Wednesday 03/20/2019	6:30pm - 9pm	Howard	George Howard Building Banneker Room 3430 Court House Dr # 100 Ellicott City, MD 21043	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-flooding-howard-county-tickets-55813709307
Flood	Monday 03/25/2019	6:30pm - 9pm	Harford	Harford County EOC 2220 Ady Road Forest Hill, MD 21050	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-flooding-harford-county-tickets-55814056345
Flood	Tuesday 03/26/2019	6pm - 8:30pm	Frederick, MD	Frederick Senior Center 1440 Taney Ave Frederick, MD 21702	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-flooding-frederick-county-tickets-55814238891
Flood	Wednesday 04/03/2019	6:30pm - 9pm	Albemarle	5th Street Albemarle County Building 1600 5th Street Charlottesville, VA 22902	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-flooding-albemarle-county-tickets-56379168611
Flood	Thursday 04/18/2019	6pm - 8:30 pm	Madison / Greene	Madison Fire Station 1223 N Main Street Madison, VA 22727	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-flooding-madison-greene-county-joint-class-tickets-56379882747
Additional classes are still being scheduled. Please check back soon!

Important notes:
-Some 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)

**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 out a Spotter ID card

Weather Spotter's Field Guide

Guía Práctica del Observador del Tiempo

Review on measuring snow (below)