Skywarn Information

The effects of severe weather are felt every year by many Americans. To obtain critical weather information, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, established SKYWARN® with partner organizations. SKYWARN® is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service.

Send Us Your Severe Storm Reports! Notice: You do not need to be a SKYWARN spotter to give storm reports! We need your severe storm reports to help us verify our warnings. If you have seen any severe weather occurring, please send us your reports. It is best that we receive these as soon as possible after the event occurs. We only need reports from within the Pendleton County Warning Area, please. Listed below are guidelines on what to report. Send Report Event What To Report Tornado or Funnel Cloud Location, time and direction of movement. Hail Pea size or larger. Lightning Continuous lightning (more than 6 flashes per minute). Heavy Rain Half an inch or more per hour. Report heavy rain even if you are outside a flood prone area. Heavy Snow Accumulations of four inches in 12 hours or one inch per hour. Flooding Of ANY kind, including dam or levee failure. Are waters rising or falling? Damaging Wind Trees or power lines knocked down, damage to buildings, etc. Report any wind of at least 40 mph using the Beaufort Scale. Fog, Blowing Dust, Blowing Snow Report initial onslaught of event when poor visibility impacts travel. Freezing Rain Report initial onslaught of event when it impacts travel. Mudslides Any event causing damage or road closure.