19
Scanning
Note:
Before using this feature, enter the local Skywarn frequency
for your area into
Bank 9, Channel 19
. (See
“Programming Frequencies
into Channels.”)
The scanner has 10 channels for Skywarn: Bank 9, Channels 10-19. Press
T
or
S
to select other Skywarn channels. Press
SCAN/MAN
to exit Skywarn.
Note:
If no frequencies are programmed in the Skywarn channels,
No
Prg
appears and the scanner sounds an error tone.
About Skywarn
Skywarn is an organized group of trained weather observers. A Skywarn
group exists in virtually every US County with a significant population. During
inclement weather, reports made by Skywarn observers include information
about:
•
Pea-sized and larger hail
•
Wind and wind gusts of 40 MPH and greater
•
Heavy rainfall
•
Lightning (cloud-to-cloud and especially cloud-to-ground)
•
Wall clouds seen in severe thunderstorms (which spawn tornadoes)
•
Severe lowering of a wall cloud
•
Turbulence in a wall cloud
•
Funnel clouds
•
Tornadoes
•
High water areas
•
Downed power lines
•
Other emergency conditions that affect life or property
Listen to NOAA for weather alerts and warnings, watch box notices, and
weather-forecasts. Listen to Skywarn to hear trained observers in your vicinity
call in official reports to a net control station which relays those reports to
NOAA and other emergency agencies.
Note:
If you tune to a Skywarn frequency when the Skywarn net is
not active, you may hear nothing, or you may hear amateur radio
operators talking on a local repeater system.
