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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It’s been a while since we’ve emailed you. Friday night marked the first net activity for 2021, which had zero severe weather until this weekend. That’s a very late start to the season. While there was quite a bit of severe weather up in the Dayton area, it seemed to ease up just a bit before entering the Cincinnati area proper. There was one tornado that affected Butler County and some minor flooding issues in the area, but all-in-all, we sort of dodged a bullet. Thanks to all who participated in the net in any way.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was one of the Net Control Operators Friday. A couple of things were noted. First, we can REALLY use some hams in more remote areas to provide reports to the net. We had several check ins from Hamilton County, but not too much really happened there, despite some warnings. We made calls on the net frequencies for reports from Dearborn County and heard nothing. We could have used reports from Butler County, but heard nothing. If you are a ham that is in one of the counties surrounding Hamilton County, the National Weather Service really depends on us as the amateur radio community to provide them ground truth observations, so please consider tuning into the net when severe weather occurs. For the Cincinnati area proper, the net frequency is 146.88-. When severe weather affects some of our more remote areas of northern KY, we also monitor 147.375+, with help from net controls from NKy ARES. Some other counties may run local nets, but all of these reports need to filter through the Cincinnati sectional net as outlined by the National Weather Service office in Wilmington.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Secondly, here’s a reminder of what we need in the way of reports:<o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Hail ˝ inch or larger.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Rain 1 inch per hour or greater for a significant time.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Any stream out of its banks or significant flooding.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Measured winds of 50 MPH or greater (or significant damage to structures or healthy trees).<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Any rotation in clouds, wall cloud, funnel cloud or tornado.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hopefully everyone has been to a spotter course recently, in person, or online. We’re looking for exactly what the National Weather Service teaches in spotter classes out of the Wilmington office. We are NOT looking for reports of power outages, sirens sounding, things seen on radar, TV or the Internet. We can’t do anything about those, and they do not help the NWS warn of severe weather. We are looking for things you have seen yourself, or you can relay from another ham radio operator who cannot make it into the net. Please do not relay what you have heard on police or fire scanners. They have their own reporting channels and if we submit the same reports, it ends up being a duplicate report that they may think is separate. If you call in a report that does not meet these criteria, please do not be offended if we don’t make a big deal of it, or we remind you of the things we need reported.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We just ask that under normal circumstances you stick strictly to our 5 reporting criteria. However, sometimes we call out for reports from an area because we as net control operators, or the NWS have seen something through one of our information sources (yes we have multiple sources, some not available to the general public), where we need to determine whether severe weather is occurring in a particular location to decide if a warning is needed. In those limited circumstances, a report telling us that no severe weather is occurring could help avoid issuing a warning base on marginal or bad information. So, while we like you so stick to the criteria, if we ask about your area and nothing much is going on, in that case, we really need to know that too.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As always, thanks to everyone who helps us support the National Weather Service in their mission to warn the public of dangerous weather! We have a marginal risk of severe weather Monday, so there is a remote chance we could be active again then.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks again!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mike Nie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5496'>Michael Nie – W8VMX<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:mnie@mikenie.com">mnie@warn.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>