MAKING STORM SPOTTER REPORTS
Milwaukee Area Skywarn Assoc.
Amended April 5th, 2013

The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Sullivan (30 miles west of Milwaukee)accepts storm reports from any county on this map.

Your storm reports are relayed to the NWS by: Unlisted 800 phone number, E-Spotter (internet), NWS website, ham radio channels, E-mail, and 9-1-1 call centers for tornadoes.

All storm reports need T-L-C-S (Time-Location-Condition-Source):

TIME you observe the weather Event  8: 23 AM   6;17 PM
Your LOCATION:  1.2 miles S-E of Hales Corners, Milwaukee County.
        (GPS users should use the Decimal Degrees format:  43.1234  88.5678)
CONDITION observed:  Estimated winds 55-60 MPH..
SOURCE of report: Your name or agency, or badge number, or radio call, etc.

Your location is the distance from a known city/landmark. ("I am 1.2 miles S-E of Hales Corners...") See the Cultural/City Centers data below. Do this for home and office locations.


CRITERIA:   Submit Report
   

 TORNADO - Include compass direction you're looking.

 WATERSPOUT - Include compass direction you're looking.

 FUNNEL CLOUD - Include compass direction you're looking.

 
ROTAING WALL CLOUD - Include compass direction you're looking.

 HAIL  -

       Largest size, indicate measured or estimated.
 
 
WINDS GUSTS 58 MPH OR HIGHER -
      Peak gust, indicate measured or estimated.


 DAMAGE:
       TO HOMES, BUILDINGS, WALL, CARS TREES, LIMBS, SIGNS,
       POWER POLES, WIRES, basement cave-ins, blown out windows, roofing.

 
FLOODING:
    
CLOSED,BLOCKED, IMPASSIBLE ROADS, RUSHING WATER,
       RIVERS-CREEKS-STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS, EVACUATIONS.

 
RAIN GAGE TOTALS:
    
INCLUDE MEASUREMENT PERIOD  ("1.30 Inches between 12Midnite & 6AM")
 
VISIBILITY:
  LESS THAN 1/4 MILE: FROM SNOW, FOG, RAIN, BLOWING SNOW OR DIRT.

  OTHER:
  SINK HOLES, MUD SLIDES, LIGHTNING DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY


 TRAINED & REGISTERED SPOTTERS:
 http://espotter.weather.gov


 CALL THE N-W-S UNLISTED HOTLINE:
 1-800-545-xxxx Ext 468
 
"Hello, I am a trained severe weather spotter,
  at 7:17PM I observed 1" measured hail. My  location
  is 2 miles west of the Waukesha airport, Waukesha Co.
  My name, call, badge # etc is__________.



 
CALL 9-1-1
 For Tornadoes and Funnel clouds only
 
"Hello, I am a trained severe weather spotter,
  at 7:17PM I observed  funnel/tornado. My  location
  is 2 miles west of the Waukesha airport, Waukesha Co.
  I looking do north. My name, call, badge # etc is____.



AMATEUR RADIO: FREQUENCIES:
http://www.mke-skywarn.org/radio.html


 

AMATEUR RADIO WIN LINK: 
 Use for low impact events.
E-mail: wx9mkx@winlink.org
     


All reports should be your first-hand observations. If you did not see it, don't report it. Never use hearsay
or second-hand information from texts, social networks, radio-TV, police scanners,  or 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.

 

 
 
 
 

CULTURAL/POLITICAL CITY CENTERS
Within your county determine your distance and direction to the center of your
city (or nearest city/landmark). County maps are listed below.

         City                       City Center or Landmark                                              GPS City Center                                 

 

COUNTY MAPS (Google)
Columbia Dane Dodge Fond
Du Lac
Green Green Lake Iowa Jefferson Kenosha Lafayette
Marquette Milwaukee Ozaukee Racine Rock Sauk Sheboygan Washington Walworth Waukesha


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First listed by MASA 2/20/03, All new location points created 1-18-08.