Alachua County Area Storm Spotting Locations Project -
A list (with photographs) of potential places around Alachua County
from which to view as much of the sky as possible to aid storm spotters in their ability to
describe storm structure.
Local Field Spotting Location Reviews -
Notes on various locations about the county which might be used
for field spotting. Submissions from anyone are welcome.
Cities of Surrounding Counties - This
lists city-names alphabetically, and then tells you which county
that city belongs to.
Surrounding Counties and Thier Cities -
This lists immediately surrounding counties, alphabetically, and
then lists cities within that county alphabetically.
Spotter Severe Weather Report Form [TEXT] -
Would probably be good for keeping personal records of severe weather
events personally spotted, or for temp. records for use reporting later.
Alachua County EMWIN Project Twitter Page -
Go here for an idea of what alerts to your cellphone or pager will look
like. This is a live weather alerts feed straight from the AC-EMWIN
server.
Helpful and/or Interesting Talks & Discussions:
Some Local Area Severe Weather Photography - Todd Sherman/KB4MHH
- Including `CG' and `Sheet' lightning over Paynes Prairie, downburst
damage at Whitney Mobile Home Park, a funnel cloud sighted over NW
Gainesville as seen from Whitney Mobile Home Park, and a large
multicell Cb over Ocala as seen from NW Gainesville.
National SKYWARN mailing list -
Send "subscribe" in body of message. You will be sent a confirmation
form, to which you should reply with a simple "ok" in the message
body. You will then begin to receive the SKYWARN list mail.
SKYWARN-L -- Local SKYWARN Discussion List (UF Listserv) -
Send "subscribe SKYWARN-L (your first name) (your last name)" in the
body of the message. You will receive a confirmation message to which
you must reply with "ok". After this, you will be subscribed and you
will receive an information sheet about the mailing list. To then send a
message to the list, send it to "skywarn-l@lists.ufl.edu".
AC-EMWIN Twitter Page -
An alternative method for local Alachua County area users to receive
the latest local area weather bulletins: watches and warnings, Hazardous
Weather Outlooks, spotter activation statements, DAY ONE Outlooks, Zone
Forecast Products, Short Term Forecasts, etc. All bulletins are
abbreviated and appear exactly as they would on your pager or cellphone.
Bulletins here come courtesy of Alachua
County SKYWARN and the Alachua
County EMWIN Project. If you're thinking of subscribing to the AC-EMWIN
Projects's bulletins on your pager or cellphone, we recommend subscribing
to this to get an idea of what the bulletins will look like on your pager.
Note that there are lots more bulletins sent to the Twitter list than will
be sent to your cellphone, but at least you can get an idea of what the
bulletins will look like.
Other Useful Weather-related Mailing Lists -
- Check this out, because some of them offer lots of weather related
reports that you can subscribe to individually, and that can be mailed
directly to you, including hurricane reports, tornado reports, issued
watches and warnings, other severe weather event reports, etc.
Weather Resources Page - Todd Sherman/KB4MHH
- Links to satellite and RADAR imagery sites, general information sites,
sites pertaining to SKYWARN, forecasts, hurricanes, tornadoes, severe
weather, local weather, storm spotting, storm chasing, weather-related
shops and stores, and more.
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