1. Tornados. Location and direction movement.
2. Funnel Clouds. Location and direction of movement.
3. Wall Clouds. Location and direction of movement.
4. Winds in excess of 58 miles per hour. Measured or Estimated?
5. Hail half-inch or larger. Size. The duration of the hail if possible.
6. Flooding in progress. Location. In road, or on land? Approximate depth in
inches?
7. Storm Damage. Location. What element of the storm caused the damage? If tree
damage, was the tree healthy or diseased, diameter of broken area; tree snapped,
twisted, or uprooted; how many trees? If building damage, what was the extent
of damage? Are there any injuries?
Measured winds, hail, and rainfall are much preferred to estimated. Estimating accurately can be difficult during severe weather.
We ask that reports be confined to these criteria. Other reports tie up the net frequency and really do not provide necessary information. Please do not report anything you have not seen personally. If it is on the Internet, TV, or radar, the National Weather Service, most likely, already knows about it. Reports such as "It's getting cloudy here" or "There is a lot of lightning" are not valid reports.
Occasionally, we will ask for reports that differ from the above criteria.
When this occurs, it is OK to report what we request. Such special information
requests are usually from the NWS to coordinate with their radar and other information
they may have.