The National Weather Service SKYWARN Program

Hitchens, Richard; Belville, James

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The National Weather Service SKYWARN Program

1988
By Hitchens, Richard ; Belville, James
Series: Eastern Region technical attachment (National Weather Service (U.S.)) 88-07(B)

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Personal Author:

Hitchens, Richard ; Belville, James
Corporate Authors:

United States. National Weather Service. Eastern Region
NOAA Program & Office:

NWS (National Weather Service) ; ER (Eastern Region)
Description:

Various volunteer groups, individuals, and public service agencies have been solicited by the NWS to report visual sightings of severe weather to the agency in support of the warning function. These persons are commonly referred to as spotters and participate in the NWS program known as SKYWARN. The purpose of this paper is to describe the components, size, and structure of the NWS spotter program.
Keywords:

Meteorology Natural Disaster Warning Systems Observations Severe Storms Natural Disaster Warning Systems Severe Storms
Series:

Eastern Region technical attachment (National Weather Service (U.S.)) 88-07(B)
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pdf
Document Type:

Technical Attachment
Place as Subject:

East (U.S.) ; Southern States
License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Rights Information:

CC0 Public Domain
Compliance:

Submitted
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