WARM SEASON		HOW TO REPORT
Radio Prowords
1 TORNADO and WATERSPOUT:   Indicate compass direction you are looking. Any falling Debris? 2 FUNNEL CLOUD:  Indicate compass direction you are looking. Any falling Debris? 3 ROTATING WALL CLOUD: Verify rotating, indicate compass direction you are looking. 4 DAMAGE: Tree branches greater than 3" dia. snapped, trees uprooted, any structural damage to buildings (includes roof damage), bent, snapped or collapsed light poles or traffic lights, or downed power lines, crop damage, cave-ins, mud slides, debris flows, and sink holes. 5 WINDS: 58 MPH or higher. Indicate if measured, estimated, or implied by severe damage.   WIND ESTIMATE CHART 6 HAIL: 1 inch or greater in diameter. Indicate if hail size is measured or estimated. LINK TO HAIL SIZE CHART 7 FLOODING: water over river banks or dams, water out of banks that causes property damage, washed out roads, bridges, and railroads, or impassable or closed roads. SUB-SEVERE: 8 HAIL: 3/4 to 7/8 inch diameter. Indicate if hail size is measured or estimated. 9 DAMAGE: any cosmetic damage to buildings & vehicles, tree branches less than 3" dia. snapped causing power line damage or cosmetic damage to buildings & vehicles. 10 FLOODING: non-life-threatening / non-damaging water over curb, or water on roads, water out of banks but confined to low lands and bottom lands (not impacting buildings) 11 VISIBILTY: Less than 1/2 mile. Indicate if due to precipitation, fog, blowing dirt, snow, or smoke. 12 RAINFALL: Measured amounts equal to or exceeding the rate of 1/4" per 15 minutes measured over at least 15 minutes (i. e., a measured rate greater than 1" per hour). If possible, indicate the start time and the end time of the measurement period (i. e., "measured between 11:05am and 11:25am") 13 WINDS: 40 MPH to 57 MPH. Indicate if measured or estimated. Anything less than 40 mph should not be reported COOL SEASON  1. Loss of landline phone service.  2. DAMAGE: trees, power lines, property.  3. SNOW FALL TOTALS or Rates 3 inches or more in 6  hours  4. FLOODING: water over river banks or dams, water out of banks that causes    property damage, washed out roads, bridges, and railroads, or impassable or    closed roads.  5. Ice/Glaze Accretions   Measured radially (one side of branch/wire/surface) In 1/10 inches:   [1/16"=0.1, 1/8"=0.1, 3/16"=0.2, 1/4"=0.3, 5/16"=0.3, 3/8"=0.4, 7/16"=0.4, 1/2"=0.5,   9/16"=0.6, 5/8"=0.6, 11/16"=0.7, 3/4"=0.8, 13/16"=0.8, 7/8"=0.9, 15/16"=0.9]  6. Ice Jams on rivers.  7. Power Outages  8. Precipitation Changes (transitions from rain to snow, etc)  9. Rainfall Include the start & end time frame of measurement  10. State Highway closures (blowing & drifting/back-ups)  11. Winds gusts 40+ MPH (Indicate estimated or measured)  12. Thunder-Snow  13. Visibility Whenl ess than 1/4 mile from fog  14. White Out Conditions: Near zero visibility from blowing snow.  Any warm season event.		TRAINED SPOTTERS: http://espotter.weather.gov 9-1-1 or NWS Landline  (Tornadoes-Funnels-Waterspouts) 1-800-545-81xx Extension 468    “Hello, I'm a trained weather spotter with Severe Winds. At 6:35 PM I measured a wind gust of 59 Miles Per Hour. My located is 1.7 miles Northeast of Dousman in Waukesha County. This is...(your name, ID/call,  number, agency, etc)" AMATEUR RADIO FORMAT: You:  "W9XYZ...+ Proword"    (Damage, Winds, Hail, etc) Net:    "Go ahead  X-Y-Z" You:   2:18 PM, 1.2 miles south of Hales Corners, Milw Co, estimated            Golf ball stones now falling. Net:     "Roger X-Y-Z, copy estimated golf hail, etc. AMATEUR RADIO FREQUENCIES: http://www.mke-skywarn.org/radio.html AMATEUR RADIO WIN LINK:  E-mail: wx9mkx@winlink.org HOW TO REPORT GENERAL PUBLIC:   http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/?n=snowreport TRAINED SPOTTERS: http://espotter.weather.gov LANDLINE or 9-1-1 (Tornadoes/Funnels/Waterspouts) 1-800-545-81xx Extension 468    “Hello, I'm a trained weather spotter with Severe Winds. At 6:35 PM I measured a wind gust of 59 Miles Per Hour. My located is 1.7 miles Northeast of Dousman in Waukesha County. This is...(your name, ID/call,  number, agency, etc)" AMATEUR RADIO REPEATERS ARE RARELY USED IN THE WINTER. REPORTS ARE DONE ELECTRONICALLY (Phone, E-mail, Web, etc) EXTREME OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS MAY ACTIVATE A WINTER TIME SKYWARN NET.  http://www.mke-skywarn.org/radio.html AMATEUR RADIO WINLINK:  E-mail your T-L-C-S info to  wx9mkx@winlink.org

All reports should be your first-hand observations. Never use hearsay or second-hand br>information from texts and social networks, radio-TV, police scanners, e-mail, friends, etc.

Submitting false storm reports is a violation of the False Statements Accountability Act of 1996. (18 USC 1001)
Fines range up to $250,000 and/or up 5 years in prison.