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
Basics	April 11th	6:00pm	Saint Mary's	St. Mary's County Commissioners Meeting Room 41770 Baldridge St. Leonardtown, Maryland 20650	Class Complete
Basics	April 21st	2:00pm	Princes George's	UMD School of Public Health Building (255 SPH), Room 1312 4200 Valley Dr. College Park, MD 20742	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-basics-prince-georges-county-tickets-44078487944
Basics	May 10th	6:30pm	Prince William	Emergency Operations Center 3 County Complex Court, Woodbridge, Virginia 22192	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-basics-prince-william-county-tickets-43913709086
Floods	May 22nd	6:00pm	Washington, DC	The George Washington University Science & Engineering Hall 800 22nd Street, NW Washington, DC 20052	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-flooding-washington-dc-tickets-44150290708
Floods	May 24th	6:30pm	Prince George's	University of Maryland Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute 4500 Campus Drive College Park, MD 20742	https://www.eventbrite.com/e/skywarn-flooding-prince-georges-county-tickets-44148919607

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)