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Alachua County SKYWARN

Watching the weather!

• Alachua County SKYWARN Stuff:
  • Severe Local Storms Reporting Network - NWS Operations Procedures Manual, Part-B, Section 21
  • Why Do We Need A Local SKYWARN?
  • Spotter Training Class Schedules - Find out when the next available BASIC and ADVANCED spotter classes will be held.
  • Spotter Roster - Current list of ARES/SKYWARN Spotter members. (ARES Roster.)
  • Local Frequency List
    • An alternate idea [not official; just an idea]
  • Gainesville/Alachua County Area Map [B/W GIF] - Courtesy Fred Johnson, NWS-Jax
  • Map of Surrounding County Names [B/W - GIF]
  • Spotter Field Deployment Map [JPG] (INACTIVE LINK)
  • Spotter's Travel Kit (text version)
  • Local Field Spotting Location Reviews - Notes on various locations about the county which might be used for field spotting. Submissions from anyone are welcome.
  • Cities of Surrounding Counties - This lists city-names alphabetically, and then tells you which county that city belongs to.
  • Surrounding Counties and Thier Cities - This lists immediately surrounding counties, alphabetically, and then lists cities within that county alphabetically.
  • Spotter Severe Weather Report Form [TEXT] - Would probably be good for keeping personal records of severe weather events personally spotted, or for temp. records for use reporting later.
  • Charts [TEXT]:
    • General Wind Speed Chart
    • Beaufort Wind Speed Chart (Tnx to Geo. Thurston, W4MLE)
    • Fujita Tornadic Wind Scale
    • Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale
    • Hail Size Comparison Chart
  • Alachua Co. ARES/RACES/SKYWARN Newsletters:
    
    • November 21, 1997
    • December 12, 1997
    • January 06, 1998
  • Helpful and/or Interesting Talks & Discussions:
    
    • Some Local Area Severe Weather Photography - Todd Sherman/KB4MHH - Including `CG' and `Sheet' lightning over Paynes Prairie, downburst damage at Whitney Mobile Home Park, a funnel cloud sighted over NW Gainesville as seen from Whitney Mobile Home Park, and a large multicell Cb over Ocala as seen from NW Gainesville.
• Other SKYWARN-related Links:
  • National SKYWARN Home Page
  • Index To SKYWARN Sites On The Internet - Todd Sherman/KB4MHH - Lists more sites, and is more current and updated than the list at the National SKYWARN Home Page.
  • Related Newsgroups and Mailing Lists:
    • National SKYWARN mailing list -
      Send "subscribe" in body of message. You will be sent a confirmation form, to which you should reply with a simple "ok" in the message body. You will then begin to receive the SKYWARN list mail.
    • SKYWARN-L -- Local SKYWARN Discussion List
      Send "subscribe SKYWARN-L (your first name) (your last name)" in the body of the message. You will receive a confirmation message to which you must reply with "ok". After this, you will be subscribed and you will receive an information sheet about the mailing list. To then send a message to the list, send it to "skywarn-l@lists.ufl.edu".
    • Other Useful Weather-related Mailing Lists -
      - Check this out, because some of them offer lots of weather related reports that you can subscribe to individually, and that can be mailed directly to you, including hurricane reports, tornado reports, issued watches and warnings, other severe weather event reports, etc.
• Places to purchase SKYWARN-related materials
  (Things like magnetic signs, reflectors, caps, t-shirts, etc.)
• Online Storm Spotting-related References
• Weather Resources Page - Todd Sherman/KB4MHH - Links to satellite and RADAR imagery sites, general information sites, sites pertaining to SKYWARN, forecasts, hurricanes, tornadoes, severe weather, local weather, storm spotting, storm chasing, weather-related shops and stores, and more.
• Severe Weather Safety Guide - NWSFO Norman, OK
• Other Links:
  • NWSO-JAX Information Page
    • County Warning Area (CWA) Information Page
    • SKYWARN Information Page
    • Severe Weather Report Form
    • About the Emergency Manager's Weather Information Network (EMWIN)
  • Florida Area SKYWARN Programs:
    • Alachua County SKYWARN Home Page
    • Clay County (alternate site)
    • Collier County SKYWARN
    • Flagler County SKYWARN (FCEM-Comm & Warning) - Bob Pickering
    • Marion County SKYWARN
    • Pasco County SKYWARN
    • Pinellas County SKYWARN
      • Tampa Bay SKYWARN Storm Spotter's Office
    • Polk County SKYWARN
    • Seminole County SKYWARN
    • WEST PANHANDLE ARES: SKYWARN Program
  • Other Local and Related Agencies:
    • Alachua County Office of Emergency Management (ACOEM)
    • Gainesville Amateur Radio Society (GARS)
    • Gator Amateur Radio Club (GARC)
    • Santa Fe (Community College) Amateur Radio Society (SFARS)
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