Central Indiana SKYWARN Association, Inc.

Serving the National Weather Service Forecast Office Indianapolis and the people of Central Indiana.

2012 Central Indiana Severe Weather Symposium

November 30, 2011 - 7:21pm — siteadmin

March of 2012 will bring the next installment of the biennial Central Indiana Severe Weather Symposium, an all day session geared toward providing more advanced information for spotters and weather enthusiasts.

The date for symposium is March 10, 2012. The location will be the Valle Vista Conference Center in Greenwood.

Here's a link to page on the Indianapolis NWS web site where you can find more information about the symposium and complete your registration:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ind&storyid=40755&...

Central Indiana Skywarn Test Net

The Central Indiana Skywarn Test Net is held the first Monday of every month at 7:00pm ET on the 146.970 repeater system. Please note the change to 7:00pm. Nets are not held if that Monday falls on a holiday or if severe weather is in the area. Check-ins are welcome!

Basic spotter training

The Indianapolis NWS will be conducting "spotter talks", also known as basic spotter training, at various sites in the area. Several sessions have been scheduled already and are being announced on various nets and web sites. The official list of spotter talks will be maintained by the NWS staff and can be found here.

Spotter report quality training

June 16, 2011 - 8:44pm — siteadmin

Here's a link to an online training module put together by the NWS regarding spotter report quality.

http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/modules/spotters/player.html

On-line weather training

May 24, 2010 - 9:37pm — siteadmin

The National Weather Service has created a series of on-line weather training module called "JetStream". The modules cover all types of weather topics and are designed to help educators, emergency managers, or anyone interested in learning about weather and weather safety.

You can access JetStream at:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/index.htm

2010 Central Indiana Severe Weather Symposium presentations

Here are the presentations from the 2010 Severe Weather Symposium.

NWR Transmitter Problems?

May 26, 2008 - 11:25am — siteadmin

The NWS is looking for reports of NOAA weather radio transmitter problems.

If you have a problem with the NWR Transmitter that serves your area, please call 1-888-886-1227 or email us at: nwroutage@noaa.gov

When reporting a transmitter problem (i.e., Dead Air, Broadcast Quality, Severe Static, etc.), please provide as much of the following information as possible:

• Transmitter call sign
• Transmitter location
• Date
• Time
• Problem
• Your receiver type (make & model)
• Your name
• Email address for follow up

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