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SKYWARN is the National Weather Service's volunteer storm spotter program. Trained spotters watch the sky during severe weather and report hail, damaging wind, flooding and tornadoes to their local NWS office, filling a gap that radar leaves because it can't see what is happening on the ground. Anyone who completes the free training can become a spotter, but many volunteers are hams, and weather nets, often run by ARES groups on wide-coverage repeaters, are one of the main ways reports reach forecasters. Read more…