Welcome to the Official Skywarn and ARES Homepage for Shelby County, Indiana. The Shelby County Skywarn nets are sponsored by the Shelby County Amateur Radio Emergency Service and supported by the Blue River Valley Amateur Radio Society
The purpose of this website is to provide the community with important information concerning severe weather that occurs in our county throughout the Spring and Summer months.
In an average year, 800 tornadoes are reported nationwide, resulting in 80 deaths and over 1,500 injuries. A tornado is defined as a violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of 250 mph or more. Damage paths can be in excess of one mile wide and 50 miles long. Once a tornado in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, carried a motel sign 30 miles and dropped it in Arkansas!
Skywarn Training
A Skywarn Spotter Training class conducted by the National Weather Service will be held Wednesday April 16, 2003 at 7:00pm at the City Hall, 44 W. Washington St. in Shelbyville, IN. The class will be on the second floor at that location. For more information contact Dave Brown NT9G at 317-398-4240 or by email: nt9g@yahoo.com
All Skywarn and Emergency nets will be held on the 145.480 2m repeater in Shelbyville, In. whenever severe weather exists and requested by the National Weather Service. And only in the eventt in which that repeater would not be operable the nets will be held on 146.500 simplex/444.975. These frequencies are designated for Skywarn by the ARES Emergency Coordinator. All Amateur Radio operators are encouraged to take weather spotter training and help pinpoint the affected areas in the county during severe weather. If tou would like any additional information, woild like to become an Amateur Radio operator and/or a weather spotter feel free to contact me at 317-398-4240 or by email: nt9g@qsl.net
Dave Brown NT9G
Shelby County
ARES
Emergency Coordinator
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The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) consists of licensed amateurs who have voluntarily registered their qualifications and equipment for communications duty in the public service when disaster strikes. Every licensed amateur, regardless of membership in ARRL or any other local or national organization, is eligible for membership in the ARES. The only qualification, other than possession of an Amateur Radio license, is a sincere desire to serve. Because ARES is an amateur service, only amateurs are eligible for membership. The possession of emergency-powered equipment is desirable, but is not a requireme
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SKYWARN is a program consisting of the National Weather Service's network of trained volunteer severe weather spotters. SKYWARN members consist of private citizens, amateur radio operators, firefighters, law enforcement officials, and other goverenment officials. SKYWARN volunteers support their local community and government by providing the National Weather Service with timely and accurate severe weather reports. These reports, when integrated with modern National Weather Service technology, are used to issue timely and accurate warnings of impending dangerous and life threatening weather conditions. In addition, SKYWARN spotters working with emergency management officials can help provide their communities with advance warning of impending hazardous weather.
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