The Fort Worth NWS SKYWARN Radio Desk team will be active on several bands and modes during Field Day, June 22-23, from the Fort Worth National Weather Service Forecast Office. Please read and share our press release, titled "RADIO HAMS" FROM TARRANT COUNTY JOIN IN NATIONAL DEPLOYMENT - A Unique Look at Emergency Communications. We hope to talk to many of you, and add your call signs and information to our log. We'll try to publish the bands and frequencies we are working periodically during the event, on this wx5fwd.org web site and via our WX5FWD Twitter account.

ARRL Field Day is the single most popular on-the-air event held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend of June of each year, more than 35,000 radio amateurs gather with their clubs, groups or simply with friends to operate from remote locations.

From: National Weather Service, Fort Worth
Date: Friday, 31 May 2013 11:11 CDT

Good morning,

Warm and humid conditions are expected across north and central Texas today. A strong cap will suppress thunderstorm activity across the area through this afternoon, with all thunderstorm activity expected to remain north and west of the area. By this evening, a few thunderstorms may spread south from Oklahoma and affect areas north of a line from Graham to Sulphur Springs. An isolated severe thunderstorm will be possible near the Red River tonight with large hail and damaging winds. However, a more significant and widespread threat of severe weather is expected on Saturday as a cold front moves into the region.

Very moist and unstable conditions will develop in areas south of the advancing cold front on Saturday afternoon. The front will be the primary focus for the development of strong to severe thunderstorms during Saturday afternoon and evening. The front will extend from Paris to DFW to Lampasas at mid afternoon, and will gradually move into central Texas Saturday evening.

National Weather Service In Fort Worth: Sounding The Alarm For North Texas by SHELLEY KOFLER and KERA News for North Texas

The story link above describes where members of our #SKYWARN radio desk team can be found during weather events in# North Texas. As events intensify and expand across north Texas, we may have up to four to six radio operators monitoring radio repeaters and IRLP or EchoLink linked radio systems for SKYWARN "ground truth" weather reports. We then relay the severe or significant information to NWS warning forecasters directly in front of us across the desk wall. Well trained public SKYWARN volunteers who observe, identify and report severe weather details are the source of our information, and vital to this warning process.

We have created a log of contacts with a link to display a QSL card for printing. Click on the Read More to display the QSL Log page.

Would you like to change any of these counties to green? Do you know why Bell and Fannin are green, when they are not within direct radio range of the NWS office? Help us provide a radio link from the storm spotters in your area to the Fort Worth National Weather Service forecasters. We may be able to assist in setting up a radio link with your local SKYWARN repeater. Direct, real time reports from spotters are