[InHam] INARRL BULLETIN 008-2003

[KB9BVN]

INARRL BULLETIN 008-2003
10:53:00 EST 02/25/2003 de KB9BVN

SUBJECT: Severe Weather Awareness Week for Northern Indiana (IWX)

Governor Frank O'Bannon has proclaimed the week of March 2rd through
March 8th as Severe Weather Awareness Week in Indiana. The National
Weather Service in conjunction with the Indiana State Police, the
Indiana State Emergency Management Agency, the Indiana Department
of Education, the Broadcast Media and amateur radio operators will
conduct a statewide tornado exercise on Wednesday March 5th .

There will be two drills initiated on March 5th this year by the
National Weather Service. The first drill will be conducted between
2:00pm and 2:30pm and the second drill between 7:00pm and 7:30pm.
Should actual severe weather be a threat on March 5th, the test will
be held on March 6th.

The goal of Severe Weather Awareness Week is to remind Hoosiers of
all ages to the hazards that severe thunderstorms and tornadoes can
bring to the State of Indiana. Indiana averages 20 tornadoes and 4
tornado related fatalities each year. Severe weather can occur at
anytime during the year. Last November, a F4 tornado caused
widespread damage across northern Indiana with no fatalities
before crossing into Ohio and killing 4

The Indiana Michigan Ohio SKYWARN Association (IMO Skywarn)
urges all amateur radio operators, in northern Indiana, to
participate in their local county severe weather net the day
of the drill.

The Indiana Michigan Ohio SKYWARN Association (IMO Skywarn)
will have a person at the IWX National Weather Service office
(northern Indiana) using the quad system to relay information into
the system in association with amateur radio station WX9IWX and will
coordinate the communications test net for amateur radio
operations into the NWS in northern Indiana. Please make plans to
participate in these test sessions as an opportunity to familiar
yourself with your local county Skywarn operation.

For more information on this topic, please contact:

Paul Van Dyke, KB9AVO
Indiana Michigan Ohio SKYWARN Assoc. President

And remember to go to a local Skywarn training session
and take a friend


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Brian Murrey - KB9BVN
Indiana Section Bulletin Manager
(317)535-9887
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