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.

Radar Bright Band Ring

Submitted by wd5m on Sun, 2011-01-09 12:24

Bright Band

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The Texas Thunderbolt - Spotter Newsletter

Submitted by wd5m on Sun, 2011-01-02 12:47

Winter 2011 - In This issue

  • Significant Weather Events of 2010
  • NWS Fort Worth is on Facebook!
  • Awards
  • La Niña and North Texas Winter
  • Fire Weather Outlook
  • Interview with the MIC
  • New Forecaster at WFO Fort Worth
  • Dr. Weather’s Wisdom
  • Hard Freeze Warning

The Texas Thunderbolt - Spotter Newsletter is published from the NWS Preparedness and Storm Spotter Information page.

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2010 SKYWARN Recognition Day Photos

Submitted by wd5m on Sat, 2010-12-04 22:05
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New Flood Inundation Map Available on the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Web Portal

Submitted by wd5m on Mon, 2010-08-30 14:10

Effective on or before Wednesday, September 30, 2010, the NWS will be adding a new flood inundation map to the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service, AHPS, web portal. This map will provide information for Elm Fork of the Trinity River in Northwest Dallas County.

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2010 ARRL Field Day - June 26 - 27

Submitted by wd5m on Thu, 2010-07-01 15:49

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