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Thats nice... Im kind of surprised to see so many people who actually equip their vehicles with warning lights. The safer the better I say. LOL! Pics of my Explorer can be found at the myspace page li ...

Oh, and as if your not bored already from my last post, A few of us from DMC SKYWARN are also members of a small chase group. We call it South East Iowa Storm Chasers. We really have not gone on a "ch ...

Des Moines County Iowa has its own SKYWARN Group headed by our EMA, and we work closely with Law Enforcement, Amateur Radio, and the NWS. The NWS ham's call on us often during weather events for repor ...

I am not sure of any designated frequencies for spotting in the GMRS group, but we have a group here who are using a local GMRS repeater for spotting now... new for 2009!

I am not sure, but I think just about all of the CRH offices are making the change. Dan, please confirm that for me.

Dan,
I just got word, WFO's across Iowa and Illinois are officially changing to 1" inch hail beginning April 1st 2009. Spotters will still be requested to report hail of any size, but the criteria w ...

Donna D. from DVN said its in the planning stages, but it could be active as early as April. She said the reason for the change was the fact that hail of smaller sizes than an inch usually is damage f ...

Gonna take a ham radio class of sorts being put on by the local club pres in April, with a test to follow. I sure hope I can get this passed, i want my license! LOL

In my Explorer is the following:
-Motorola Maxtrac 300 6 Channel UHF Mobile (Used primarily for GMRS)
-Kenwood TM-271 99 Channel VHF Mobile (Used Primarily for DMC SKYWARN Communications)
-Uniden P ...

[quote="Schrier"]lmao!![/quote]

Double LMAO!

I'm sure your local EMA, and NWS reps will have all kinds of reading materials to share as well.... After you have had the class, check with your local EMA to see if there are any organized spotting g ...

Our group has 3 computers set up at the WX Ops Center. On 1 we have the radar, and e-spotter, on the other we have another radar, and an activity log, and the 3rd is used for scribing. If I am out of ...

Seems to me you were also dealing with this in the spring.... hope your up on your swimming lessons!

I made this post in the old site, and with all the new people here, I wanted to see who uses the ever famous social networks out there, and if you'd like, provide a link!

I only use myspace.. my li ...

The events in Urbana are always a part of my spotter training, as the NWS has a lot of great footage of these events.

I want to take the time to welcome all the new members to the site, and say hi ...