S E V E R E   W E A T H E R    R E P O R T I N G    F O R M


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|     |                           | A violent, rotating column of air pendant |
|     | T O R N A D O             | from a cumulonimbus cloud, and _touching_ |
|     |                           | the ground.                               |
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|     |                           | A violent, rotating column of air which   |
|     | F U N N E L               | _does not_ touch the ground and is usually|
|     |                           | pendant from a cumulonimbus cloud.        |
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|     |                           | An isolated lowering of the thunderstorm  |
|     | W A L L   C L O U D       | base -- possibly with signs of rotation.  |
|     |                           | Usually on the order of two miles wide.   |
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|     |            |SIZE |        |                                           |
|     |            |     |        | Precipitation in form of balls of irreg.  |
|     | H A I L    |     |INCH(ES)| lumps of ice produced by convective clouds|
|     |            |     |DIAMETER| and _larger_ than roughly 1/4 inch.       |
|     |            |     |        |                                           |
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|     |            |MPH  |  |MEAS.|                                           |
|     |            |     |  |     | A sudden brief increase in the speed of   |
|     | WIND GUST  |     +--+     | the wind -- usually reported when over    |
|     |            |     |  |ESTD.| 18 MPH.                                   |
|     |            |     |  |     |                                           |
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|     |                           | Damage caused by straight-line winds,     |
|     | WIND DAMAGE               | particularly structural damage or to      |
|     |                           | trees and/or utility poles.               |
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|     |      |AMOUNT|TIME|  |MEAS.|                                           |
|     | HEAVY|      |PERD|  |     | Reducing visibility and causing ponding   |
|     |      |      |    +--+     | or flooding of road surfaces.             |
|     | RAINS|      |    |  |ESTD.|                                           |
|     |      |      |    |  |     |                                           |
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|     |                           | Flood that rises and falls quite rapidly  |
|     | FLASH FLOODING            | with little or no advance warning usually |
|     |                           | as a result of intense rainfall.          |
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 WAS SIGHTED OR OBSERVED BY -

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|  | TRAINED SVR WEATHER SPOTTER    | ORGANIZATION (LOCAL NET)                |
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|  | AMATEUR RADIO OP-NO TRAINING   |                                         |
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|  | POLICE DEPEARTMENT PERSONNEL   | AGENCY/DEPT                             |
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|  | ESDA / C D PERSONNEL           |                                         |
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 AND WAS LOCATED -

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|    |     | DIRECTION         |   | CROSS ROADS                              |
|    |MILES|                   |OF |                                          |
|    |     |                   |   |                    AND                   |
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| IN | COMMUNITY               |   |    |TIME   |AM |EST|DATE        |UTC     |
|    |                         |FL | AT |       |---+---|            |        |
|NEAR|                         |   |    |       |PM |EDT|            |       Z|
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| MOVEMENT TOWARD                                                             |
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| REMARKS                                                                     |
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 TRANSMITTED TO -

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|  |       |  | REGION |     | TIME     | AM |EST| DATE      | BY             |
|  | N W S |  |        | NCS |          |----+---|           |                |
|  |       |  |RPTR NCS|     |          | PM |EDT|           |                |
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This form copied from page 157 of THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATOR'S HANDBOOK, 1985,
published by The American Radio Relay League.  Some minor modifications made.