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Welcome to the Northern Indiana National Weather Service (NWS) Skywarn program. Skywarn is a group of trained severe weather spotters that report directly to the NWS.

Year after year, reports from Skywarn volunteers assist the NWS in issuing more timely and more accurate warnings based on real-time reports throughout our 37 County Warning Area covering northern Indiana, southern Michigan and northwest Ohio. The NWS's primary mission is to issue warnings to protect life and property.

The ground truth reports from Skywarn spotters are an integral part of the mission critical warning process that combines advanced Doppler radar data and meteorological skills. Their observations also provide us with information in compiling documentation of severe weather events, verification of warnings and service assessments. These reports become part of the Storm Data publication which provides data on a variety of severe and unusual weather phenomenon, including statistics on deaths, injuries, and property and crop damage nation-wide.

A large number of our Skywarn spotters are also licensed amateur radio operators, also known as "hams". The hams throughout many of our counties organize their spotter efforts on amateur radio frequencies when severe weather threatens. They funnel their reports directly to the amateur radio station WX9IWX at the NWS office.

I want to thank all of the volunteer severe weather spotters for their time and commitment to Skywarn.

Steve Eddy
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
National Weather Service Northern Indiana

Questions or comments concerning the Skywarn Program should be sent to:
iwx.skywarn@noaa.gov


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This page last updated 01/27/04 16:33 UTC


 
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