Southwest Minnesota Area Skywarn

 

The Southwest Minnesota Area Skywarn group covers Murray , Nobles, Pipestone, Cottonwood counties.  Our primary Skywarn frequency is 146.790 - Output, Tone is 141.3 repeater in Slayton, Minnesota. The web page will be for anything Skywarn related from informational to presentations and more.  If you have information that you would like to include here, please send to Murray County ARES EC.

 

Skywarn Net Control Operators Schedule

•   May 29  - Arl Weinrebe

•   June 5   - Dan Anderson

•   June 12 - Dan Anderson

•   June 19 - Kevin Haney

•   June 26 - Arl Weinrebe

•   July 3     - Kevin Haney

Southwest Minnesota SKYWARN Practice Net Script
Practice Script 

Southwest Minnesota SKYWARN Workshop - April 26, 2008
Workshop Agenda 
Workshop Presentation Slides 


Sky Watcher Chart from the NWS and NASA
Sky Watcher Chart 

What to report and what not to report.

The national weather service requests reports of the following:  

•  Hail of Any Size (Diameter specified in inches)
•  Measured or Estimated Thunderstorm Winds of 30+ MPH
•  Funnel Clouds
•  Wall Clouds (Specify rotating or non-rotating)
•  Tornadoes
•  Thunderstorm-related Damage
•  Downed Tree Limbs(Size? Alive/Dead?)
•  Flooding
•  Anything else which may be life-threatening

We request you do NOT report the following:  

•  General Rainfall
•  Lightning
•  General Thunderstorm Conditions
•  Sky Conditions
•  Thunder
•  Tornado Sirens Going Off

When reporting any of the above, please call in your report with TEL (Time-Event-Location). Please use location relative to the nearest town such as: "3/4 inch hail at 1937 hours 2 miles north of Slayton on US-59". If you are in a town, specify that you are in that town. If in a larger town or City, please specify what side of town ie "Northwest Side Slayton" . Cross streets are helpful if you can provide those as well.