[warn-l] Severe WX event 7/29/2002

[Mike Nie]

Greetings to the WARN mailing list.

You haven't heard much from us recently, because there hasn't been very
much
to say.  Most of the members of this list who are local to Cincinnati
probably know that there was some heavy weather in the area today.  Some
trees and power lines were damaged, but no widespread damage has been
reported.  No hail was reported either.

Thanks to Steve (N8TFD) and Dan (W8DEX) for handling Net Control duties
when
the Wilmington NWS office called for a net.  This was a relatively long
net
that didn't really generate much in the way of severe reports.

There was one PERFECT example of why the Weather Amateur Radio Network is
so
valuable when severe weather strikes.  As a severe storm moved through
Hamilton County, the NWS called our net control asking for reports from
the
Colerain Township area.  It seems they had received a report of a possible
funnel cloud in that area, but they weren't seeing anything on radar that
would indicate such.  There were several HAM radio operators spread
throughout the area (about 6).  None was able to see anything resembling a
funnel cloud.  All reported seeing a lot of "scud" associated with the
gusty
leading edge of the storm.  These harmless clouds can easily be mistaken
for
funnel clouds, even by trained spotters who can only see them from one
angle.  In this case, multiple spotters viewing the storm from several
locations were able to clarify the situation for the National Weather
Service.  It took about a minute for this to occur.

If you've ever seen one of our net control operators speak at a spotter
course, you've heard them mention the coordination we have between many
spotters.  Tonight was a perfect example of that.  Good job folks!

Looks like were back to the hot and humid weather now.  Maybe the pink
flamingos are just sunburned!  (If you need an explanation of the
flamingos,
see the web site at http://www.warn.org.)

Mike Nie
Public Information Officer
Weather Amateur Radio Network




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