This week ( June 22 - 28) is Lightning Safety Awareness Week. Please take the time this week to review lightning awareness and safety with your friends, neighbors and family members. visit http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov for more.

 Here are the details for the next Basic Skywarn & Weather Safety training session:

Date/Time: May 30, 2014 @ 10 AM EDT

Location: Dillon County Fire Station #1 205 West Howard St., Dillon, SC 29536

Contact: Joshua.Weiss@noaa.gov for more information. 

Thanks! 

-Steve

The National Weather Service in Wilmington NC plans on hosting an Advanced Skywarn Training session via Webinar from 7 pm to 830 PM EDT on Thursday April 10th. A prerequisite to the course is Basic Skywarn Training. If people have not had the Basic Skywarn Training then they can take it at:

https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_course.php?id=23

Here's the registration information that will be required for the Advanced Skywarn Training class:

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/705365434

Title: Advanced Skywarn Training
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2014
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 8, 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Mac®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.6 or newer

Please direct any questions to Steven Pfaff, Warning Coordination Meteorologist NWS Wilmington NC at:     Steven.Pfaff@noaa.gov

 I created a Rough Draft/Map of The Skywarn Repeaters for ILM...I excluded Kingstree due to it being currently off-air...If I could get Leland, Burgaw and Kingstree exact locations I can Refine the Map/Coverage Area but This is what I have with what I know....For now anyways....If you got any updates/adjustments I should make please let me know ASAP...

REF 145.170 REPEATER AND SKYWARN , 145.170 IS ON BATTERY BACK UP AND GOING DOWN. IT LASTED ABOUT 30 PLUS HOURS.  PLEASE DO NO XMIT THERE UNLESS YOU ARE MOVING SOMEONE TO ANOTHER REPEATER.

 WE HAVE MOVED TO OUR BACKUP REPEATER 146.940 88.5 TONE, WHICH HAS BACK UP GENREATOR. PLEASE PASS AROUND WE ARE UP ON 146.940 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

THANKS ALL RICK KD4JRX  /   KE4BMY SWEC

 RICK KD4JRX  ILM SKYWARN AEC

Good afternoon,

We are requesting all Hams in the area to help with the ucpcoming winter weather event. Please report accumulations of any sleet/snow/freezing rain (ice) as well as any impacts and precip transitions. The flow of information was fantastic during the event two weeks ago and the data provided valuable information.

Thanks,

-Steve

 Winter Storm to impact the Carolinas...

A Basic Skywarn and Weather Safety Training class will be held at the Calabash Town Hall (882 Persimmon Rd, Calabash, NC) on Friday Nov 22nd at 10 AM EST. The training is 1.5 hours. Please help me spread the information about the training. Thanks -Steve

 Good afternoon!

I hope to see some of you at the BeachFest in Conway this Saturday. I plan on bringing the model tornado with me, along with some handouts. I also have a limited number of NWS patches and if there are any HAM-boaters I have a few NOAA Marine Observer pins to give away.

Thanks,

-Steve 

Hello!

Just a quick note about TS Karen.... if she tracks farther west then the impacts from rainfall and the potential for tornadoes will be less. If the track is anywhere from Charlotte to the coast then rainfall would be much higher. In addition, a track farther east would also likely increase the potential for tornadoes. Definitely worth keeping an eye on through early next week.

Lastly, Marion County Emergency Management and the NWS will host Skywarn training at Marion Fire Station #2 (1942 Senator Gasque Rd. Marion, SC) on Tuesday Oct 29th from 10-1130 am EDT. Please note: this training may need to be rescheduled if the governement shutdown is not resolved by the 29th.

Thanks,

-Steve