Create Report

You can create a Severe Weather Report or a Winter Weather report. First, we will examine the Severe Weather Report form.

Enter the Month, Day, Year, Hour and Minute using the pull down menus. Please be sure to select "Estimated" or "Exact" depending on your certainty of the time of your report. This is very important to us. Remember, the date and time is for the weather event, not the current date and time.

Location
Again, we come to location. If you have specified your location properly and are *not* mobile, the default location that comes up will be correct. If the default County, State and City / Town entries are not correct, change them to the appropriate County, State and City / Town. Again, this section is very important to us.

A Note About Location
The location defined should be the weather event location. Normally, your location and the weather event location will be the same. However, when reporting things like funnel clouds or tornados, the weather event location will likely be different.

Weather
The weather section is where you enter the details of your report. Check out the different types of weather you can report, including their definitions.

• Tornado
  A rotating column of air extending from the parent cloud to the ground.
• Funnel Cloud
  A rotating column of air extending from the parent cloud, but *not* reaching the ground.
• Wall Cloud
  An isolated lowering of the cloud free base. It may or may not be rotating.
• Hail
  Frozen rain that comes in many shapes and sizes. Make sure you fill in the drop down menu box that indicates the *maximum* size of the hail you saw. You can mention the predominant hail size in the comments section.
• High Wind
  The speed at which wind becomes high varies from person to person. The official National Weather Service definition of high wind is 58 MPH or greater. Make sure you enter the speed of the wind you observed and indicated whether the speed was estimated or measured.
• Flood or Flash Flood
  Water where it should not be that causes a threat to life and / or property.
• Other
  Let us know about anything that you feel is significant weather. This could include lightning damage to a house, wind damage to a structure or trees or any other unusual weather that is generally associated with thunderstorms. Include the details in the Narrative section.

Damage, Injuries, Narrative
Please indicate whether there was damage or whether anyone was hurt by selecting the appropriate radio circle. In the Narrative, please add as much detail to the report that you feel necessary to fully describe your report.

Submit Report
When you are satisfied with your report, hit the "Submit Report" button.

Reset
If you wish start over, click the "Reset" button. Beware, any information you have already type will be lost.

Lets take a look at the Winter Weather Report form.

Enter the Month, Day, Year, Hour and Minute using the pull down menus. Please be sure to select "Estimated" or "Exact" depending on your certainty of the time of your report. This is very important to us.

Location
Again, we come to location. If you have specified your location properly and are *not* mobile, the default location that comes up will be correct. If the default County, State and City / Town entries are not correct, change them to the appropriate County, State and City / Town. Again, this section is very important to us.

Precipitation & Temperature
Click on the type of precipitation you are reporting. The definition of the precipitation type is:

• Snow
  Precipitation in the form of small white ice crystals formed directly from the water vapor of the air.
• Sleet
  Frozen or partially frozen rain.
• Freezing Rain / Drizzle
  Liquid water that falls on a surface that is frozen. The water then freezes.

If you know the temperature, please enter in in degrees Fahrenheit.

Precipitation Amounts
There are two parts to this section. The first part is the measurement of how much snow and / or sleet you have received. Lets take a look at that first.

Snow / Sleet

• New Snowfall
  Enter your snowfall amount to the nearest tenth of an inch using whole inches and tenths of inches in the appropriate field. Please note over what period of time the snow / sleet fell.
• Storm Total Snowfall
  Enter the storm total snowfall to the nearest tenth of an inch using whole inches and tenths of inches in the appropriate field.
• Snow Depth
  Enter the depth of all your snow on the ground to the nearest whole inch.

If you experienced blowing or drifting snow, please check the appropriate boxes. Blowing snow tends to reduce visibilities and drifting snow tends not to reduce visibilities. If you have checked blowing or drifting snow, please note the depth of the snow in these locations. Use a range, if needed.

Ice

• New Icing
  Enter the amount of new ice that has fallen to the nearest tenth of an inch using whole inches and tenths of inches in the appropriate field. Please note over what period of time the snow / sleet fell.
• Storm Total Icing
  Enter the storm total ice accumulation to the nearest tenth of an inch using whole inches and tenths of inches in the appropriate field.

Conditions
We are interested in the type of "conditions" that you have noticed. Were the roads icy, slush or snow-covered? What was the affect of the freezing rain or freezing drizzle? Are power lines, trees or other surfaces icy? Please check the appropriate boxes.

Narrative
Provide as much detail as you feel necessary to fully describe the winter weather event you are reporting to us. Include any damage, injuries or other pertinent information.

Submit Report
When you are satisfied with you report, hit the "Submit Report" button.

Reset
If you wish start over, click the "Reset" button. Beware, any information you have already type will be lost.

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