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
These classes are free and open to the public!

CLASS	DATE	TIME	COUNTY	LOCATION	REGISTRATION
Basic Classes
Basic	Wednesday 10/16/2019	7 pm - 9 pm	Frederick County, VA	Frederick County Public Safety Building 1080 Coverstone Drive Winchester, VA 22602	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-basics-frederick-county-va-tickets-67230416987
Basic	Wednesday 10/30/2019	6 pm - 8 pm	Hardy County, WV	157 Freedom Way Moorefield, WV 26836	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-basics-hardy-county-wv-tickets-70146761853
Basic	Monday 11/04/2019	6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Harford County,MD	Harford County Department of Emergency Services 2220 Ady Road Forest HIll, MD 21050	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-basics-harford-county-md-tickets-73148309563
Basic	Tuesday 11/12/2019	6 pm - 8 pm	Spotsylvania County	Spotsylvania Fire/Rescue Station 4 4804 Bancroft Rd Fredericksburg, VA 22408	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-basics-spotsylvania-county-tickets-67227775085
Winter Skywarn Classes - Requires previous Basics course
Winter	Tuesday 09/24/2019	6 pm - 8 pm	Howard County, MD	Howard Community College Howard Hall, Room HW-249 10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy Columbia, MD 21044	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-winter-howard-countymd-tickets-70143076831
Winter	Thursday 10/24/2019	6 pm - 8 pm	Montgomery County, MD	Public Safety Headquarters 100 Edison Park Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20878	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-winter-montgomery-countymd-tickets-66688943425
Winter	Wednesday 11/06/2019	6 pm - 8 pm	Culpeper County, VA	Culpeper County Office of Emergency Services 14022 Public Safety Court Culpeper, VA 22701	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-winter-culpeper-countyva-tickets-74464997813
Further Skywarn classes will be scheduled this fall.

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 NWS_BaltWash SKYWARN®

National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington

SKYWARN® Presentations

Descriptions of SKYWARN Spotter Classes

SKYWARN® Basics (pdf)

SKYWARN® Flood (pdf) -- Updated for 2019!

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)