The Star-Telegram has published an article titled Storms are all in a day's work at Fort Worth's National Weather Service office

FORT WORTH -- Heaven was seemingly raining money, with dozens of reports of "nickels," "dimes," "quarters" and "half dollars" falling from the sky.

The hail scale also tallied numerous reports of golf-ball-size chunks of ice as an "unprecedented" outbreak of severe storms spawned at least nine tornadoes Tuesday night in Texas.

Inside the National Weather Service's Fort Worth office, near Northeast Loop 820 and North Beach Street, it was a "once-in-a-decade event" for a team of meteorologists who tracked the swarm of storms that started just south of Fort Worth and stretched to Waco and into East Texas.

For the complete story, with photos and video, go to www.star-telegram.com/2011/04/27/3032560/storms-are-all-in-a-days-work.html

Our local WFAA Channel 8 news station aired a story about HR-607 and its possible impact on SKYWARN operations. The link below includes the story and optional video from the NWS with a couple of our volunteer operators.

While the ARRL and all Amateurs support the work of Public Safety and recognize their need for dedicated spectrum which would promote interoperability, the ARRL vigorously opposes HR 607 in its present form. HR 607 is a direct threat to our limited spectrum and the ARRL encourages all amateurs to appropriately voice their opposition to this bill.

Congressional bill could hamper severe storm spotters

Additional details about HR-607 can be found on the ARRL web site at www.arrl.org/hr-607

Good news! We've received word that Navarro, Limestone and Freestone are planning to link repeaters for testing, possibly to support SKYWARN nets. They have an EchoLink node on their 145.290 machine too, which will allow direct access from the NWS radio desk. See the News page at their web site, www.nflarc.com

February 2011 will be remembered for the extraordinarily cold weather that began the month. For Dallas/Fort Worth, there were several events that had not occurred in many years:

With spring flooding already underway over portions of the U.S., NOAA forecasters are warning the worst is yet to come. Almost half the country – from the North Central U.S. through the Midwest and the Northeast – has an above-average risk of flooding over the next few weeks, according to the annual spring outlook released today by NOAA’s National Weather Service. This week is also national Flood Safety Awareness Week, and NOAA has partnered with FEMA to encourage residents to prepare for this imminent threat.

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