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Bankhead Amateur Radio Club

NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN EMERGENCY NET

P R E A M B L E

REVISION "B" 8-97

CALLING ALL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS:

THIS IS_______________________, NOW ACTIVATING THE NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN EMERGENCY NET, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEEDURES. I HEREBY, AT THIS TIME, REQUEST THAT ALL RECREATIONAL USE OF THE LINKED REPEATERS, BE SUSPENDED FOR THE DURATION OF THIS WEATHER EMERGENCY.

THIS EMERGENCY NET HAS BEEN ACTIVATED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALABASTER HAS ISSUED-----------

(READ THE BULLETIN OR BULLETINS THAT ISSUED THE WEATHER WATCH, IE: TORNADO, SEVERE THUNDERSTORM, ETC.)

AT THIS TIME THE AFFECTED COUNTIES ARE:

(LIST HERE ALL COUNTIES IN NORTH ALABAMA THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS WEATHER EMERGENCY, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY READING THE INITIAL BULLETIN).

OUR LIASON STATION, LOCATED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN ALABASTER, ALABAMA IS______________________, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE ALABAMA EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (ALERT), WHOSE MEMBERS WILL BE PROVIDING COORDINATION WITH THIS NET TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, IN THE SPOTTING AND TRACKING OF DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOES, IN THE NORTH ALABAMA AREA.

THIS IS__________________WITH THE NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN EMERGENCY NET.

ALL AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS WHO ARE AFFILIATED WITH A LOCAL COUNTY NET ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK INTO THEIR LOCAL NET, A LIASION WILL BE ESTABLISHED WITH EACH LOCAL NET, FOR THE PURPOSE OF COORDINATING THE SPOTTING AND TRACKING OF DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES, AND TO PROVIDE A COMMUNICAITONS LINK FOR THE NORTH ALABAMA COUNTIES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALABASTER. THIS LINK WILL HELP PROVIDE THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE FOREWARNING OF WEATHER EMERGENCIES TO THE CITZENS OF NORTH ALABAMA. THOSE STATIONS NOT AFFILIATED WITH A COUNTY NET ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK INTO THEIR LOCAL COUNTY NET, AND I HAVE THOSE FREQUENCIES AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO NEED THEM. ALSO STATIONS MAY PASS EMERGENCY WEATHER TRAFFIC TO THIS NET.

WHEN AND IF THAT OCCURS, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, THAT YOU GIVE YOUR CALLSIGN, NAME, SPECIFIC LOCATION AND CURRENT SEVERE WEATHER OBSERVATION.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING SPOTTERS CAN PROVIDE IS THE TIME OF THE SEVERE WEATHER OCURRENCE, THE LOCATION OF SUCH OCCURRENCE AND THE MOVEMENT AND TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTED.

THIS NET WILL RECOGNIZE SPECIFIC WEATHER RELATED TRAFFIC AND ANY OTHER EMERGENCY OR PRIORITY TRAFFIC, ALL OTHER STATIONS NOT INVOVLED WITH THIS NET ARE REQUESTED TO MAINTAIN RADIO SILENCE. THIS IS A DIRECTED NET AND STATIONS MAY NOT CALL OTHER STATIONS WITHOUT THE CONSENT AND APPROVAL OF NET CONTROL.

THIS IS___________________NET CONTROL FOR THE NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN EMERGENCY NET, STANDING BY FOR STATIONS WITH SEVERE WEATHER OBSERVATIONS OR EMERGENCY TRAFFIC!

Any severe weather report should be passed through the net, directly to the NWS liaison station, located in Alabaster, Alabama.

Net Control should Identify the net at least every 10 minutes by stating the following:

THIS IS_______________, NET CONTROL FOR THE NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN EMERGENCY NET, WHICH HAS BEEN ACTIVATED FOR (STATE REASONS FOR ACTIVATION).

If you don’t have access to the NWS Bulletins, then have some member of the net who does to read those aloud to the net, or If you have access, ensure that the bulletins are read to the net in a timely manner.

Maintain Control of the NET.

CLOSING OF THE NET

THIS IS_____________, NET CONTROL FOR THE NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN EMERGENCY NET, IT NOW APPEARS THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION AFFECTING NORTH ALABAMA HAS PASSED (Read Bulletins Canceling Watch, Warning, etc.) I APPRECIATE ALL STATIONS CHECKING INTO THIS NET AND FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS MOST IMPORTANT AMATEUR FUNCTION.

WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THE ALERT TEAM IN THE BIRMINGHAM AREA.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I OR THE NET CAN DO FOR ANYONE BEFORE WE CLOSE?

THIS IS________________ NOW CLOSING THIS EMERGENCY SESSION OF THE NORTH ALABAMA SKYWARN NET AT_______________ HOURS,_____________________________(DATE).

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