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ClimaCore™ Severe Weather Database

Report a severe weather event

Part of what we do at SkyWarn UK is the recording of severe weather events. These reports are stored within our own severe weather database, ClimaCore™, and may also be shared with other agencies both in the UK and overseas, to help in forecast improvements, accuracy, verification, and research. If you would like to submit a severe weather report you can do so by clicking the relevant link below or by selecting the event type from the drop-down menu at the top of this and every page on our website.

We thank you for your support!

To report a high wind event click here
To report heavy snow click here
To report heavy rain click here
To report large hailstones click here
To report a tornado, funnel cloud, waterspout click here

Using Twitter to Submit a Report

You can report severe weather via Twitter, by following the steps below:

If Geotagging / Location is available on your 3rd party application:

1. Make sure geotagging / location is turned on for your 3rd party Twitter app
2. Make sure geotagging / location is turned on for your Twitter account page by going to http://twitter.com/account/settings
3. Submit your Tweet report via your 3rd party app in the following format:
   • #ukweathernet your significant weather report

Some examples of reports with geotagging / location enabled:

#ukweathernet 6.0" of new snow as of 1pm
#ukweathernet hail 20mm in diameter at 4.25pm

If geotagging / location is NOT available on your 3rd party Twitter application, or if you want to use the web-based Twitter.com:

1. Log into your Twitter account via the web or mobile device.
2. Submit your tweet report in the following format: 
• #ukweathernet  WW your location WW your significant weather report
3. Your location can be just about anything, but the more specific the better.  Here are some examples listed from most accurate to least accurate location identification:
   

• Most accurate--A latitude and longitude:
   WW 53.231, -1.485 WW
• An address:
   WW 300 Barton St, Gloucester, GL1 WW
• A street intersection:
   WW intersection of M5 and M50, Glos WW
• A post code:
   WW GL17 3DX WW
• Least accurate--A town or city name:
   WW Newnham-on-Severn, GlosWW

Some examples of weather report tweets without geotagging:

#ukweathernet WW 300 Barton St, Gloucester, GL1 WW 6.0" new snow as of 1 pm
#ukweathernet WW 53.231, -1.485 WW Hail 20 mm in diameter at 4:25 pm