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	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 Classes
Flood	Thursday 04/25/2019	6:30pm - 9pm	Charles	Charles County Government Building Commissioners Meeting Room 200 Baltimore Street La Plata, MD 20646	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-flooding-charles-county-tickets-57442278401
Tropical Classes (Basics required as a prerequisite)
Tropical	Monday 05/06/2019	7 pm - 10 pm	Prince George's	Prince George’s County Office of Emergency Management 7915 Anchor Street Landover, MD 20785	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-tropical-prince-georges-county-tickets-56982397886
All of the above represent our spring slate of classes. More to come in 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 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)