 WX5FWD SKYWARN® TeamThe SKYWARN® Radio Desk Team for the Fort Worth National Weather Service (NWS) Office |
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The WX5FWD SKYWARN™ team are volunteer radio operator liaisons for the Fort Worth National Weather Service (NWS) North Texas SKYWARN™ Spotters. During SKYWARN events, you are reporting information to our team and the NWS warning forecasters. Three goals of a storm spotter are to safely observe, identify and report conditions. Weather spotters provide what's called "ground truth" to the National Weather Service and emergency weather management. Spotters are needed because, while radar is very good at helping the National Weather Service see what's going on in the upper atmosphere, it's unable to detect what's actually happening on the ground because of the curvature of the Earth. Knowing the "ground truth" about a weather event from the location can be the deciding factor to issue a warning. NWS UPDATE: Significant Severe Weather Expected Today. Snow Possible Sat AM.Submitted by wd5m on Fri, 2020-01-10 16:12
From: National Weather Service, Fort Worth
Severe weather is expected today across parts of North and Central Texas. Additionally, light snow will be possible north of the I-20 corridor Saturday morning with some light accumulations possible. NWS Special Event 2019 SKYWARN® Recognition DaySubmitted by wd5m on Thu, 2019-11-14 08:37
2019 SKYWARN® Recognition Day
SKYWARN™ Recognition Day (SRD) will mark its 20th anniversary on December 7, 0000 to 2400 UTC. This is the day each year when radio amateurs operate from National Weather Service (NWS) forecast offices across the country, celebrating the long relationship between the amateur radio community and the National Weather Service SKYWARN™ program. The purpose of the event is to recognize amateur radio operators for the vital public service they perform during times of severe weather and to strengthen the bond between radio amateurs and their local NWS offices. SKYWARN® Radio Network Conference GuidelinesSubmitted by wd5m on Tue, 2019-04-30 15:04Emergency traffic, tornado activity or weather that is an imminent threat to life and/or property has top priority. This guideline applies to the Fort Worth NWS SKYWARN® Radio Desk EchoLink and Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP) conference during SKYWARN® weather events. See the RoIP page for other details on connecting to the conference. Information for Storm SpottersSubmitted by wd5m on Fri, 2019-04-05 21:28SKYWARN Storm Spotters should attend the annual training sessions provided by National Weather Service (NWS). Those sessions give spotters the basic information they need to safely and effectively provide severe weather reports. You are considered a trained spotter by attending a training session. Attending annually also gives you updates on the latest training information. Safety is the primary concern of the training. If you missed the scheduled training sessions, there is spotter reference material and training on the Internet. This material is useful to the trained spotter as well.
2019 Spotter Training ScheduleSubmitted by wd5m on Fri, 2018-12-14 16:30
The North Texas SKYWARN™ Spotter Training Schedule for 2019 is being updated. Be sure to check the schedule often for updates and additions.  |
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