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Skywarn Net
Script |
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ACTIVATE NET USING THE # KEY THREE TIMES ON YOUR DTMF PAD AFTER
CHANGING THE REPEATER TO SEVERE WEATHER NET MACRO
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CQ NET, CQ NET, CQ NET. THIS IS YOUR CALL
(phonetically), ACTIVATING THE CASS COUNTY SKYWARN NET, ACTIVATING WHENEVER
SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS IN CASS COUNTY AND AT THE REQUEST OF EMA ON THIS
FREQUENCY.
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NET CONTROL WILL BE YOUR CALL AND THE OPERATOR IS
YOUR NAME.
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REMEMBER THIS IS A DIRECTED NET, AND ALL TRAFFIC MUST BE ROUTED
THROUGH NET CONTROL.
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(GIVE A BRIEF SITUATION REPORT WHERE WEATHER IS, STORM’S PATH,
LATEST RADAR READINGS, STATUS OF THE NET IE: STANDBY MODE, ACTIVE, ETC.)
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I’LL NOW TAKE
CHECK-INS, WHEN CHECKING IN PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU ARE MOBILE AND LOCATION, PLEASE
CALL NOW. YOUR CALL.
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I ACKNOWLEDGE___________.
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(LOG CHECKINS, AND REPORTS OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER, SPECIFIC AREA,
SPECIFIC REPORT AND TIME OF OCCURANCE AND PASS ALONG TO EMA SO THEY CAN GIVE IT
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IF YOU AREN’T SURE, LOG IT!!)
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THIS IS YOUR CALL WITH THE CASS COUNTY SKYWARN NET.
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(MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AT LEAST EVERY 3 MINUTES OF IDLE TIME FOR
ID PURPOSES AND AFTER EVERY REPORT TRANSMISSION)
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(GIVE UPDATED SITUATION REPORT EVERY 10 MINUTES OR SO OR AS TIME
ALLOWS)
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(CONTINUE IN THIS FASHION UNTIL RELIEVED OR WEATHER ALERT HAS
CEASED)
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AT THIS TIME WE’LL BE
CLOSING THE NET AS THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND IS NO LONGER
A THREAT TO CASS COUNTY. I WISH TO THANK EVERYONE THAT CHECKED IN AND ENCOURAGE
YOU ALL TO KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE READY TO ASSIST WHEN SEVERE WEATHER
THREATENS.
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THIS IS
YOUR CALL
RETURNING THE FREQUENCY TO NORMAL AMATEUR USE.
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YOUR CALL,
CLEAR
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Criteria for a Skywarn
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An active severe weather net
WILL be brought up:
- When a severe thunderstorm or tornado warning
is in effect in Cass County.
- When there is a weather watch in Cass and
severe weather is threatening to move into the area from a surrounding
county.
- During non-declared severe weather or at the
discretion of a club officer or trained spotter.
- At the discretion, request or order of EMA.
A Standby net CAN be brought
up:
- During weather watch condition in Cass County
and conditions could change rapidly.
- If there is a warning in the western portion
of a surrounding county and conditions appear to be moving in our direction.
- At the discretion of EMA, an officer or
trained spotter.
- A standby net would be for the purposes of
having spotters on standby with potential activation to an active net in the
immediate future.
Net Procedures:
NCS is in control and ALL communications
MUST go through NCS
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Confusion becomes part of the problem. We
MUST be part of the solution!
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Net script may be referred to for
assistance and to keep things sounding professional.
Spotters report ONLY what you observe NOT
what you’ve heard no matter the source!
- Rumors, inaccurate info, hearsay, and
unverifiable info can cause alarm and can cast a bad light on us as an
organization and amateur radio as a whole.
NCS will give a situation report to include
the systems being watched, direction and speed if known, areas in the current
path. This should be given at least every 10 minutes or so.
- Spotters on the ground have no radar and
depend on NCS for info.
- Home receivers depend on us for immediate
ACCURATE information not only on the ground but also from NCS viewpoint.
NCS call sign and notification of a weather
net in progress ex: “This is K9ABC with the Cass County Skywarn Net” WILL be
given at least every 5 minutes, preferably every 3 minutes for the purposes of
inviting more check ins and information of a net in progress. This can be
included with regular traffic.
- Note: Please keep the repeater active as
much as reasonably possible, a silent repeater gives no notification to someone
tuning in that there is a weather net in progress.
- Change the repeater controller to the
severe weather macro to assist in this.
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SKYWARN Reporting
Criteria |
The
following is a reporting criteria that should be used to report to Net Control
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Tornadoes
or funnel clouds (be very wary of
look-alikes; watch for rotation)
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Wall clouds,
especially if they are rotating
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Hail
(Be specific with regard to size; DO NOT
report MARBLE size, see below)
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Winds (40
mph or greater; specify whether estimated or recorded)
Very large branches downed
Trees/power
lines downed
Structural damage
to buildings (roof, windows, etc.)
Flooding
Streams/Rivers
Street
(Road Closures/Washouts, Cars Stuck due to flood waters.)
PROCEDURES
- Advise Net Control Operators BRIEFLY WHAT
you observed; and WHEN & WHERE it was observed.
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Make sure hail size is noted using chart below (NO
Marble Sized Hail)
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Make sure if winds are estimated that you use the
chart
Estimating Hail Size
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Pea Size
1/4"
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Dime Size
3/4"
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Quarter
Size 1"
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Half Dollar
1-1/4"
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Golf Ball
1-3/4"
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Baseball
2-3/4"
Estimating Wind Speeds (miles per hour)
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0:
Smoke rises vertically
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1-3:
Direction of wind shown by smoke drift but not wind vanes
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4-7:
Wind felt on face, leaves rustle, ordinary wind vane moved by wind
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8-12:
Leaves and small twigs in motion, light flags extended
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13-18:
Dust raised, loose paper raised, small branches move
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19-24:
Small leafy trees sway, crested wavelets form on lakes and ponds
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25-31:
Large branches in motion, whistling in telephone wires and chain link fences
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32-38:
Whole trees in motion, inconvenience felt walking against wind
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39-54:
Twigs break off trees; wind generally impedes progress
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55-72:
Damage to chimneys and TV antenna; pushes over shallow rooted trees
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73-112:
Peels surface off roofs; windows broken; light trailer houses pushed or
overturned; moving automobiles pushed off roads
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113-157:
Roofs torn off houses; weak buildings and trailer houses destroyed; large trees
snapped and uprooted
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158 &
up:
Severe damage; cars lifted off ground
DAMAGE
AND SEVERE WEATHER IS TO BE REPORTED TO NET CONTROL FOR PASSAGE TO NWS NORTH
WEBSTER
REPORT ONLY
WHAT YOU OBSERVE!!!!!
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