The Fort Worth NWS SKYWARN Radio Desk team and NWS staff will be active on several bands and modes during Field Day. We hope to talk to many of you, and add your call signs and information to our log. We should be on two stations working separate bands, including VHF 6 meters.Look for WX5FWD on Field Day June 25 – 26, 2011
Submitted by wd5m on Sat, 2011-06-18 22:39The Fort Worth NWS SKYWARN Radio Desk team and NWS staff will be active on several bands and modes during Field Day. We hope to talk to many of you, and add your call signs and information to our log. We should be on two stations working separate bands, including VHF 6 meters.Mammatus Clouds
Submitted by wd5m on Sun, 2011-05-22 13:34These shots were taken May 11, 2011. Click on the image to view.
Storms are all in a day's work at Fort Worth's National Weather Service office - by Steve Campbell - Star-Telegram
Submitted by wd5m on Thu, 2011-04-28 08:30The 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
Congressional bill could hamper severe storm spotters
Submitted by wd5m on Thu, 2011-04-07 18:04Our 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
Navarro, Limestone and Freestone planning to link repeaters
Submitted by wd5m on Sat, 2011-03-26 19:06Good 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
