[Skywarn] Tips WAS Re: email sent to skywarn

[Tanja Fransen - NOAA Federal]

Hi,

We do not have a national database of phone numbers, as some offices do not
want their numbers going out to people they are unfamiliar with.

That said, every office is monitoring social media, so their Facebook page,
or Twitter feed is a good way to get hold of them.  Make sure to let them
know you are a trained spotter, and with which NWS office.  Also, many have
an online reporting form as well such as this one:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/StormReport/SubmitReport.php?site=lzk

We are looking at a mobile reporting link, but as with anything we do in
the Government, change is slow, but we are working on pushing that forward.
 :)

Tanja Fransen
NWS Skywarn Co-Lead


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Lloyd Colston <kc5fm at aol.com> wrote:

>
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Standorroh <standorroh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is there a repository of all NWS office spotter call in numbers? I ask
>> because I was up in northern AR a couple weeks ago near the MO border. I
>> had the number for where I was in AR but had I gone another 40 miles into
>> MO I did not have a valid number. I suppose I could always send a report
>> into the spotter network and get it relayed that way but I am not sure what
>> the lag time is going that route.
>>
>
> While http://www.stormready.noaa.gov/contact.htm may be helpful, the best
> way to get the phone number is to go to http://www.weather.gov and enter
> the name or zip code of the place you are.  The phone number is at the
> bottom of the result page.  There will also be a link to the report form,
> if one is used.
>
> Again, your local office or the last office for which you have a number
> could help relay the information.
>
> It's always good to plan these excursions before you excurse.   :)
>
> Hope that helps.
>
>
>
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Tanja Fransen
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NOAA/National Weather Service Glasgow
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