Training Class Documents
Download these documents before class!
Reporting Guide Rev Y
This guide provides information on how to report and reportable conditions. Print and keep in car.
Metro Skywarn Class Notes 2026
Download these notes to assist you in learning to spot and report. Includes links from the class!
Metro Skywarn Training Presentation-2026
Optional. Download this before the class if you’d like to take notes on it. Download after class for a review.
Metro Skywarn Report Scripts Optional. Use these scripts if you have difficulty in finding the words to describe your reportable condition or what to look for to determine if the feature you are looking at is reportable.
Online information to review at home during severe weather season. Use the guides under WX Safety for handy quick reference
This tutorial link to the National Weather Service (NWS) is to help you understand radar and how to interpret the different maps you might see during severe weather.
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ANEMOMETER Use
If you are using a portable or mag mount Anenometer, please note that you must use the device’s recalibration procedure in order to correctly determine windspeed. This is especially needed when changing batteries in any device.There are procedural videos on You tube for your specific device. Please make sure you have calibrated the device before reporting wind speed in your location.
WX Safety
Keeping yourself safe is the first rule for any spotter during severe weather. These guides are meant to be reviewed and kept handy during weather events so that when you find yourself in a dangerous spot, you will know what to do.
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Metro Skywarn Amateur Radio Repeater Information
Frequency|offset | PL Tone | Call Sign | Location | Repeater Sponsor
Primary Repeaters
146.700- PL 127.3 WC0HC Downtown Minneapolis Hennepin County Emergency Management
147.210+ PL 100.0 W0BU Burnsville Twin Cities Repeater Club
Back-Up Repeaters
Back-up repeaters will be used if one or more of the primary repeaters is down. An announcement will be made by the net control operator to move to one or more of the back-up repeaters.
145.170- PL100.0 K0GOI St. Paul MAGIC (Minnesota Amateur Group of Independent Communicators)
147.120+ (No PL) W0MR Maplewood (3M) Mining ARC
146.670- PL114.8 W0YFZ Fridley/Blaine Anoka County Radio Club
146.760- PL114.8 W0EF St. Louis Park Twin City FM Club
146.760 -PL100.0 W0EF St. Paul Receive Site
146.760 -PL110.9 W0EF Airport Receive Site via Allstar
146.760 -PL123.0 W0EF Coon Rapids Receive Site via Allstar
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Reporting Guide Rev Y
This guide provides information on how to report and reportable conditions.
Metro Skywarn Training Presentation-2026
Download this before the class if you’d like to take notes on it. Download after class for a review.
Metro Skywarn Class Notes 2026
Download these notes to assist you in learning to spot and report
Metro Skywarn Report Scripts
Use these scripts if you have difficulty in finding the words to describe your reportable condition or what to look for to determine if the feature you are looking at is reportable.
Submit a report via the web
If you don’t have a ham license, and are a trained spotter, you may use these to submit a report.
Metro Skywarn Spotter Field Toolkit
Shows a list of procedures you should follow to be an effective spotter. Also included are some items you may want to purchase. These are not required to be a spotter.
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