Flash flooding<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n i. Creeks or streams out of their banks <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ii. Water flowing over a road\/roads closed due to flood waters <\/p>\n\n\n\n
iii. One inch of rain or more in less than one hour <\/p>\n\n\n\n
e. Damage, injuries, or loss of life and\/or property<\/strong> caused by flooding, wind, hail, and tornadoes.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n f. Trees, power lines or tree limbs 4\u201d in diameter<\/strong> or larger downed by winds<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n g. 50 MPH wind gusts or higher<\/strong> (measured or estimated)<\/p>\n\n\n\n h. Hail (any size)<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n i. Snow 1\u201d in depth\u201d, 4\u201d in depth and the total snowfall when the snow has ended.<\/strong> Provide the length of time the snow fell.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n j. Ice that begins to accumulate on roads<\/strong>, and when it accumulates to \u00bc\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Time:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\na. Time of the event <\/p>\n\n\n\n
b. Duration of the event <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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SKYWARN NET OPERATIONAL MODES<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Standby Mode<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cStand-by Mode<\/strong> means the repeater is free for normal use, however, a SKYWARN Net Control Station will be standing by for any severe weather reports. Please pause briefly between transmissions allowing the courtesy tone to reset & any necessary weather related traffic to be passed.\u201d Note: This mode is used when severe weather is expected but has not arrived or when severe weather has cleared an area. This mode is normally used during watches <\/p>\n\n\n\n Active Mode<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cActive Mode <\/strong>means the repeater is now under a Directed Net. All traffic should be directed through the Net Control Station<\/strong>. Severe weather is occurring within or approaching Watauga County.\u201d Note: This mode is used when severe weather is occurring or imminent within the county. This mode is normally used during warnings. If no information is received, the NCS can elect to downgrade to Standby Mode <\/p>\n\n\n\n Emergency Mode<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cThe<\/strong> repeater is under the control of the Net Control Station. All traffic is restricted to emergency or priority traffic only. Extreme severe weather and\/or damage is occurring within the county.\u201d Note: This mode is reserved for extreme weather events or significant damage reports. This mode should only be in effect for short time intervals. Revert to Active Mode as soon as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Severe Weather Reporting Criteria<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n1. Rotating wall clouds, funnel clouds & tornadoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Hail – initially any size for a given area, then \u00be\u201d \u201cPenny Size\u201d or larger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Winds that cause damage to large limbs of live growth, utility services and\/or structures. (Please do not estimate wind speeds)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Flash flooding in areas that are not normally prone to flooding during heavy rain. (Please do not estimate rainfall rates.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Significant storm damage – any weather-related damage not covered above. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WARC Supports SKYWARN SPOTTER QUICK REFERENCE Skywarn reporting criteria are as follows: Winter \/ Cold Weather: 5\u201d of snow in a 12 hour period\u00a0 6\u201d of snow in a 24 hour period\u00a0 0.25\u201d of ice accumulation\u00a0 Spring\/Summer\u00a0Warm\u00a0Weather:\u00a0 Rotating wall clouds, funnel clouds and tornadoes Hail – initially ANY sized hail, then only hail penny sized […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-89","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wataugahamradio.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}