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: SKYWARN Spotter Hotline
Other reports can be emailed to: lwx-report@noaa.gov

Upcoming SKYWARN® Classes
These classes are free and open to the public!

CLASS	DATE	TIME	COUNTY	LOCATION	REGISTRATION
Basic Classes
Basic	Tuesday 4/28	6:00pm - 8:00pm	hosted with Albemarle County, VA	Online Webinar	Class complete.
Basic	Wednesday 5/6	6:30pm - 8:30pm	hosted with King George County, VA	Online Webinar	Class complete.
Basic	Thursday 5/14	6:00pm - 8:00pm	hosted with Fairfax County, VA	Online Webinar	Class Complete.
Basic	Wednesday 5/20	6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Howard County, MD	Online Webinar	Class Complete
Basic	Wednesday 5/27	6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Frederick County, VA	Online Webinar	Class Complete
Flood Classes
Flood	Tuesday 4/21	6:00pm - 8:30pm	hosted with Allegany County, MD	Online Webinar	Class complete.
Flood	Thursday 5/7	6:00pm - 8:30pm	hosted with Harrisonburg & Rockingham County, VA	Online Webinar	Class Complete
Flood	Thursday 6/18	6:00 pm - 8:30 pm	Online Webinar	Online Webinar	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-flooding-online-webinar-tickets-106018147132 Registration will close on June 16th at 6pm.

Additional Skywarn classes may be scheduled this spring; continue to check back!

Important notes:
-Winter, Convection, and Tropical 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 NWS_BaltWash SKYWARN®

National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington

SKYWARN® Presentations

Descriptions of SKYWARN Spotter Classes

**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

Click here to access PDF versions of our SKYWARN presentations