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> Date:    Fri, 1 May 1998 08:55:09 -0500
> From:    Chuck Doswell <doswell@NSSL.NOAA.GOV>
> Subject: Re: Skywarn in an ignorant community
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> In article <6i4ceu$3km$1@supernews.com>, rjhstorm@proaxis.com (rjhstorm)
 wrote:
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> > I dialed 911, only to have the operator tell me that "The National Weather
> > Service will notify us if there is any problems".  This with a funnel
 hanging
> > over a local community.
> >
> > Last week, I, as a Skywarn spotter and with my vid cam going - watched a
> > thunderstorm complex move up the Willamette Valley.  After reporting
 directly
> > to the NWS, I called the local 911 to let them know that thunderstorms with
> > frequent cloud to ground lightning were moving within the local urban area.
> > Again, and I swear it sounded like the same 911 operator, the response
> was less
> > than enthusiastic.
> >
> > I will continue to call 911 - and if their indifference results in untimely
> > response to hazardous conditions - then they need to reevaluate their
> > proceedures.
>
> Recently, I had the chance to view some home video of tornadoes in Wyoming
> ... in the video, the woman operating the camera mentioned that she had
> called 911 and apparently was treated like a crank caller.  She was pretty
> angry about the way she was treated.  It turned out that ANOTHER tornado
> passed in view of her house about a year later (amazing how folks who
> DON'T want to see tornadoes get "lucky"), and she was still griping about
> the uselessness of calling 911 to report tornadoes.
>
> I think it's appropriate for whoever runs the 911 "system" to re-evaluate
> how they treat tornado reports.  For many folks, this is their only avenue
> for reporting an event and perhaps some procedures need to be set out and
> the 911 operators trained in how to take and use tornado reports from
> citizens.  Either that or we make it clear that 911 is NOT to be used for
> such purposes.

When we first started our Skywarn group we as the NWS traininer who we
should report to...HE replied to the NWS only UNLESS and only UNLESS
the tornado was going to go into a civilized area  in the next immediate
coupole of minutes., repeat TORNADO not funnel cloud.

otherwise all reports should go to nws..
CONCUR 100%

DON
The Southern Mississippi SKYWARN Group

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