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Trained SKYWARN Spotters Register With eSpotter Today

We need your rain, snow and hail reports. Interested in reporting precipitation more frequently?  Join the CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow) weather spotter network. 


Training Sessions:
SKYWARN Refresher Training | Online Weather School | Radar Training
    10/22/09 630pm-830pmSkywarnTM - NC Winter Weather - Open to the public Stanly Stanly Community College (Auditorium)
    12/08/09 7pm-9pmSkywarnTM - ADVANCED Spotter Training - Open to the public Aberdeen Aberdeen Parks and Rec (301 Lake Park Crossing)
    03/02/10 7pm-9pmSkywarnTM - BASIC Spotter Training - Open to the public Durham Durham FM Assoc. (Location TBA)
    03/08/10 7pm-9pmSkywarnTM - Radar Training for Spotters - Open to the public Forsyth Winston-Salem (Forsyth Amateur Radio - Location TBA)
    03/11/10 7pm-9pmSkywarnTM - BASIC Spotter Training - Open to the public Wake Cary (Bradford Hall at Carolina Preserve - 107 Arvind Oaks Circle)
    04/03/10 9am-4pmSkywarnTM - BASIC Spotter Training - Sessions all day, open to the public Raleigh NC Science Museum Auditorium (11 W. Jones St)

    Local SkywarnTM Groups:


    To set up a SkywarnTM session in your area email jeff.orrock@noaa.gov

    Want to send in a recent severe weather photo? Email your picture to rah.reports@noaa.gov and we may post it in our photo gallery.

    Skywarn<sup><font size=-3>TM</font></sup> LogoSkywarnTM is a National Weather Service (NWS) program of trained volunteer severe weather spotters. SkywarnTM volunteers support their local community and government by providing the NWS with timely and accurate severe weather reports. These reports, when integrated with modern NWS technology, are used to inform communities of the proper actions to take as severe weather threatens. The key focus of the SkywarnTM program is to save lives and property through the use of the observations and reports of trained volunteers.

    Accurate and reliable information from the general public is difficult to obtain. The NWS has found that only regular training of weather spotters improves the quality of information. The National Weather Service (NWS) collaborates with Amateur Radio organizations and others to put together training programs. The NWS brings its weather knowledge, the Amateur Radio Service brings its expertise in emergency communications, and together they work with local government and the Red Cross.

    SkywarnTM volunteers donate thousands of hours and the use of their own personal radio equipment and vehicles to give their communities advanced warning of life threatening weather. Since the NWS instituted the SkywarnTM Program, there has been a significant decrease in the death rate due to tornadoes and other severe weather.


Contact Information:

    The NWS provides numerous classes to businesses and the public at no cost. The NWS is dedicated to making sure everyone knows how to prepare and what to do when disaster strikes. If you, your club or group would like to help the National Weather Service by becoming a weather spotter or wish to participate in weather safety classes, please contact Jeff Orrock via email at jeff.orrock@noaa.gov or by phone at 919-515-8209 ext.223
    Email severe weather reports and pictures to rah.reports@noaa.gov


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Raleigh Forecast Office
1005 Capability Drive, Suite 300
Centennial Campus
Raleigh, North Carolina 27606-5226
(919) 515-8209
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