NCS SUMMER SCRIPTS, July 2003

All scripts are guides. The NCS station can modify scripts to fit the activity going on at the moment. If there are many check-ins and very rapidly changing weather you may want to request another station to record or act as a liaison. Also as NCS you may need to make a comment about normal repeater activity in between hourly or ½ hour call-ups.

Remember, during the summer tornado spotting comes first and must be reported immediately. The more weather activity there is the more the repeater needs to be left open so the spotter's with urgent severe weather reports can break-in.

There are 3 types of scripts used during an actual activation.

  1. Initial call up
  2. Call for regular reports (every 30 or 60 minutes) and announcement of repeater use
  3. Closing the Net
During each of the NCS request for severe weather reports, the NCS can elect to run down the list of check-ins or only request severe weather reporting.

INITIAL CALL UP

When SKYWARN is activated, please call the NET

This is ______________(call sign), name is______________ , Net Control for the South Hampton Roads SKYWARN contact with the National Weather Service Office in Wakefield, Virginia.

A watch/warning has been issued by NWS Wakefield and SKYWARN activation has been requested. This is a directed Net please direct all comments to the Net Control Station.

All spotters wishing to check in please call giving your call sign and/or spotter's number and name slowly. If you do not have a spotter's ID please give your city and call sign. If mobile, when reporting, give the location by city and or major subdivision when reporting severe weather.

Is there tornado activity to be reported, please call now? (Get check-ins)

All other SKYWARN spotters please call now. Again speak slowly and clearly.
(Get check-ins)

We will now go to the top of the list for observations. Please only report severe weather as defined by the National Weather Service.

(Get comments)

This is _________________ with the SKYWARN Net in progress. Any other check-in's please call now.



Hearing no further reports, the next scheduled reporting will be at _________________. If between now and ______________ you spot a tornado or funnel cloud, contact the South Hampton Roads SKYWARN Net Control ______________(call sign) immediately. If you are unable to reach Net Control, please contact NWS Wakefield immediately. This is _____________ Net Control for the South Hampton Roads SKYWARN Net monitoring.

REGULAR INTERVAL REPORTING REQUEST

Please read every 30-60 minutes
This is _______ (call sign), name is __________ Net Control for the South Hampton Roads SKYWARN in contact with the National Weather Service Office in Wakefield, Virginia.

We are looking for reports of severe weather including:
  1. TORNADOES, FUNNEL CLOUDS OR ROTATING WALL CLOUDS
  2. HAIL (PEA SIZE OR LARGER)
  3. WIND 50 MPH OR GREATER
  4. FLOODING
  5. RAIN ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH OR MORE PER HOUR OR 3 INCHES IN 24 HOURS.
  6. DAMAGE BY WIND OR LIGHTNING
  7. DOWNED TREES OR POWER LINES
Please refrain from calling SKYWARN if there is no severe weather occurring in your area. Any stations experiencing severe weather, please call now with your call sign and spotter's ID. Please speak slowly.

(You can also go down the list of those that have checked in earlier)

This is ___ (call sign) with the South Hampton Roads SKYWARN Net in progress.

Hearing no further reports, the next scheduled reporting will be at ____________.
If between now and ___________ you spot a tornado, funnel cloud or flash flood, contact the South Hampton Roads SKYWARN Net Control _________(call sign) immediately. If you are unable to reach Net Control, please contact NWS WAKEFIELD IMMEDIATELY. This is _____________(call sign) Net Control for the South Hampton Roads SKYWARN Net monitoring.

REGULAR ANNOUNCEMENT OF SKYWARN REPEATER USE

Read every 30 minutes
This is ________ (call sign) Net Control for the South Hampton Roads SKYWARN in contact with the National Weather Service Office in Wakefield, VA. On behalf of the SKYWARN Program, I would like to thank those that support the W4CAR repeater for use of their system and the Amateur Radio community for giving SKYWARN traffic priority. When SKYWARN has been activated, but is not taking traffic, amateurs may use the repeater. It is requested that transmissions be kept short and breaks given to permit severe weather reports to reach SKYWARN. Please refrain from calling SKYWARN if there is no severe weather occurring in your area. This is __________ (call sign) Net Control for SKYWARN. OVER.

CLOSE OF THE NET

This is ________________(call sign) with the SKYWARN Net in progress. The severe weather alert by the NWS Wakefield and local weather service has been terminated. However if there is still severe weather occurring in your area, please call now.

Of those that have checked in, I will now go down the list for any comments. (Go down list).

The South Hampton Roads SKYWARN Net is now closed. Thanks to all those that checked in. I would like to thank the Chesapeake Amateur Radio Service, the City of Chesapeake and the Chesapeake Center for Science and Technology for use of the W4CAR repeater. I would also like to thank the Amateur Radio Community for allowing priority use of the repeater for SKYWARN.

The South Hampton Roads SKYWARN Net is now closed. The time is ______________. The repeater is returned to general amateur radio use. 73 This is _____________ and I am clear.