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NWS Posts 2008 North Texas SKYWARN Training Schedule
The National Weather Service office in Fort Worth has announced the 2008 Skywarn Spotter Training Schedule.
Thu. Nov. 15, 2007 | Full Story
Big John. The John Hancock Center located at 875 N Michigan Avenue in Chicago, IL on July 24, 2006. N5XKB, Craig Fincher, took this photo of the John Hancock Center with Lake Michigan in the background while he and N5AMF, Amy Fincher, visited the observation deck on the 103rd floor of another famous Chicago skyscraper-- the Sears Tower. The antenna structures [East Tower] [West Tower] at the top of the John Hancock Center reach 1,500 feet above the city of Chicago. Several Chicago television and radio stations transmit from the John Hancock Center. Read more about the John Hancock Center broacasting facilities at fybush.com.
NWS Introduces Storm Based Warnings
The National Weather Service will introduced storm-based warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, flash floods, and marine hazards that are more geographically specific for these short-duration weather events. Previously, such warnings are issued county wide.
Mon. Oct. 01, 2007 | Full Story
Tornado Strikes Flower Mound - 4-24-07
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
445 PM CDT WED APR 25 2007
...DAMAGE ASSESSMENT RESULTS FROM THE APRIL 24 STORMS IN DENTON COUNTY...
METEOROLOGISTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH CONDUCTED AN ASSESSMENT OF STORM DAMAGE ACROSS DENTON COUNTY FROM THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING APRIL 24TH. BASED ON OBSERVED DAMAGE PATTERNS...RADAR INDICATIONS...AND EYEWITNESS INTERVIEWS...THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT TWO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN DENTON COUNTY.
Sun. Apr. 22, 2007 | Full Story
Skywarn Storm Spotters Assist National Weather Service by Gathering "Ground Truth"
For more than 35 years, the Skywarn program has been helping the National Weather Service gather critical "ground truth" information from the field before, during and even after severe weather events. Nearly 280,000 trained volunteer storm spotters help keep their local communities safe by providing reports of severe and hazardous weather.
Sun. Apr. 15, 2007 | Full Story
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