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If you experience any of the following,

Please Report It!

Thunderstorm Criteria:

• Hail (Be specific with regard to size)
  • Report any size and specify diameter.
  • Quarter-sized (1") and larger is severe!
  • Hail Sizes Chart
• Wind Gusts
  • 58 mph or greater; specify whether estimated or recorded
  • large branches downed (specify diameter of branch)
  • Trees/power lines downed
  • Structural damage to buildings (roof, windows, etc.)
• Rainfall
  • 1 inch or greater in an hour and every inch thereafter
  • 2 inches or greater storm total
• Flooding
  • Report any flooding
  • Streams/Rivers -- also, when nearing bankfull
  • Street (depth of water)
• Low visibility due to: 
  • Blowing dust or sand.
  • Fog
• Tornadoes or funnel clouds (be very wary of look-alikes; watch for rotation)
  • Rotating appendage from a cumulonimbus cloud not touching the ground

Winter Criteria:

• Heavy Snowfall
  • When snow rates of 1" per hour are occurring. 
  • Then accumulations at 4 inches, 6 inches, and every 3 inches thereafter (eg. 2,4,6,9,12,etc)
  • Give a final report/total at the end of the storm
  • Thunder Snow - time and location
• Ice
  • Any occurrence, or accumulation, of freezing rain
  • Accumulation of 1/4" or more
• High Winds:
  • ​Report gusts over 50 mph.
  • Damage of any kind including trees and branches broken or blown down and downed power poles causing power outages.
• Low visibility due to:
  • Blowing dust 
  • Blowing snow.
• Flooding
  • Report any flooding
• General Winter Reports
  • When forecast differs significantly from observed (i.e. snowing with no snow in forecast, sleet...when only snow is forecast...)
  • Any other significant weather occurrence(i.e. damage from strong winds not associated with a thunderstorm)