[CALV-ARES] From CALV EC: Adverse Weather Alert, BGE Customers and SKYWARN

[John Mumper]

Skywarn ID: CTS07. My wife is also Skywarn trained though not a HAM & I don't know her ID. I am NOT a trained Skywarn NCS.

John Mumper / N3EDD 



From: n3qhc at verizon.net
To: calv-ares at mailman.qth.net
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:49:40 -0400
Subject: [CALV-ARES] From CALV EC: Adverse Weather Alert, BGE Customers and SKYWARN





To:  ALL CALV ARES STATIONS
DATE:  April 19, 2013
 
Calvert County may experience severe weather today.  Get prepared.  For more information at NWS Sterling, Virginia go to http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=LWX&product=HWO 
  
BGE customers located in northern county please note online account services will be unavailable Saturday, April 20 through Sunday, April 21 for system upgrades.  You will NOT be able to report electricity outages or down power lines using www.bge.com  so you will need to call BGE at 800.685.0123.  For more information go to http://www.bge.com/Pages/default.aspx   
SKYWARN  IMPORTANT TO READ
Although storms can happen anytime, there is more publicity during the tornado and hurricane season than any other. Trained SKYWARN volunteers know that severe weather can happen any time day or night in any month of the year.
Calvert County has several trained Skywarn volunteers who routinely watch the sky and their instruments so they can provide lifesaving information to the National Weather Service and their community.
Started in the 1970's SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters.
SKYWARN storm spotters are part of the ranks of citizens who form the Nation’s first line of defense against severe weather. There can be no finer reward than to know that their efforts have given communities the precious gift of time–seconds and minutes that can help save lives.
April is here and so is spring.  Now is a good time to get out those SKYWARN study guides and review some of the information.  Probably the most important item to remember is: When dealing with the weather, the National Weather Service has two ways of advising us of impending weather.  A weather WATCH, and a weather WARNING.  Both bear similar meaning; yet alert us in a different manner.
A weather WATCH, identifies a relatively large area in which flash floods or severe storms might occur.  Take note "Might Occur".  Watches are quite often issued before any severe weather has developed.  Severe thunderstorm and tornado watches usually include a 140 mile wide, by 200 mile long area.  The WATCH is only an indication of where and when the severe weather probabilities are highest, and SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH A WARNING.
A weather WARNING, is issued when severe weather has already developed and has been reported by spotters or indicated by radar.  Take another note "Already developed and reported". WARNINGS are statements of impending danger and are issued for relatively small areas near, or in the path of, a severe storm or downstream from flooding areas.
FI do not have a list of SKYWARN NCS Stations for our area.  Those that are trained NCS please make yourselves available and start SKYWARN Net if needed.  Also, NCS please email me with your name, callsign and SKYWARN ID number so we can get SKYWARN active again.
Hazard Weather Outlook on NWS Sterling website notifies us whether SKYWARN NETS will be activated.  
FI need names, callsign and SKYWARN ID number of all SKYWARN trained volunteers 
Remember these differences and be prepared to operate accordingly.  During a weather WATCH, CALV ARES, and CALV RACES members are asked to monitor the weather for severe weather.  Be prepared to report any severe weather and activate the SKYWARN NET, if it occurs in your area.  During a WARNING, the SKYWARN NET should be activated on the Sunderland Repeater, 146.985 MHz, and reports from all locations taken.  All Amateurs, especially ARES and RACES members, are urged to participate.
rWe will follow this procedure till we can develop a better coordination is developed with local repeaters in SoMd area.  
Any reports of severe weather activity should be reported to the Net Control Station immediately so the registered Spotters in your area can relay the information to the National Weather Service Office in Sterling, Virginia.  A report of severe weather in your area, may save a life, so join in the SKYWARN Nets when they are activated.  Also be sure that you have the National Weather Service telephone number handy, 1-800-253-7091 or email NWS Sterling at LWX-report at noaa.gov
Copied from National Weather Service’s Forecast Office Baltimore/Washington >





<-- Please call 800 253 7091, rather than email, anything other than rain & snowfall.
 
73, Dennis N3QHC
EC CALV MD 
SKYWARN ID: CTE 03
n3qhc at arrl.net 
 
 
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