<div dir="ltr"><div>Fellow SKYWARN spotters,</div><div><br></div><img alt="" src="http://www.w9tca.com/w9tca/Files/Image/SKYWARN_logo_good_80x94.png" style="border-style: none; vertical-align: bottom; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 8px; margin-left: 8px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">A new on-line storm report form is now available for storm spotters and the general public to use. On the left hand menu of the Indianapolis NWS home page, </span><a href="http://weather.gov/ind" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(21,66,139);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">http://weather.gov/ind</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">, under the first heading "Current Hazards", look for the link "</span><a href="http://www.srh.noaa.gov/StormReport/SubmitReport.php?site=ind" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(21,66,139);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Submit Storm Report</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">".</span><br style="line-height:7px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
<br style="line-height:7px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">This link will take you to the </span><a href="http://www.srh.noaa.gov/StormReport/SubmitReport.php?site=ind" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(21,66,139);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></strong></a><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><a href="http://www.srh.noaa.gov/StormReport/SubmitReport.php?site=ind" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(21,66,139)">Submit a Storm Report</a></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> page for the National Weather Service Indianapolis. Simply fill in the appropriate dialog boxes with the proper information; date, time, location of the event, select the event from the list, add any additional details you think the NWS should know in the "Additional Details" box, and lastly, include your contact information. When you submit your report, it will immediately alarm on computers in the NWS office.</span><br style="line-height:7px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">
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<p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The last box, "Contact Information", is voluntary. However all NWS Indianapolis Storm Spotters are encouraged to include specific location information in the appropriate box. Use your amateur callsign for the "Spotter ID", and select "HAM Operator" from the drop-down list for the "Observer Profile".<br style="line-height:7px">
<br style="line-height:7px"></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">This new on-line reporting form is replacing the <em><strong>eSpotter</strong></em> system, which is being discontinued. All spotters who were in<em><strong> eSpotter, </strong></em>should immediately start using this on-line reporting form.</p>
<br style="line-height:7px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline">NOTE:</span> The primary method of relaying severe weather reports will continue to be through the local SKYWARN net.</strong> This online reporting tool is to be used as a backup method, i.e., if a local SKYWARN net is not active, you are out of range of a local net, or your radio is not functioning properly.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> This can also be used by non-amateur spotters and the general public. </span><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Do <span style="text-decoration:underline">NOT</span> use the online report form if you have already reported via a SKYWARN net.</strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> Duplicate reports from the same person are not desirable and will create confusion.</span><div>
<font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><br clear="all"></font><div>________________________________________<br>Stephen M. Parker, WR9A<br>ARRL District Emergency Coordinator<br>Indiana ARES District 4<br>
<a href="mailto:WR9Aradio@gmail.com" target="_blank">WR9Aradio@gmail.com</a><br>--<br>Assistant EC for Operations & Training<br>Tippecanoe County, Indiana ARES<br><a href="http://www.W9TCA.com" target="_blank">www.W9TCA.com</a><br>
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