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Submit a Report

Registered spotters and members of the general public are encouraged to submit reports of observed severe weather.

Reports can currently only be submitted via email, or using the form found on the 'Contact Us' page. Reports should contain the following:

Spotter ID if you have one
Location, date, time, and duration of event
Full description of the event
Details of any supporting evidence (video, photographs)
Any damage details

As guidance, please refer to the table below which indicates what you should report dependent on the alert issued:

	Thunderstorms forecast:			Not thunderstorm related:
	Severe Thunderstorm Risk			Wind gusts:		Widespread & Disruptive
	Low	Mod.	High	60+ mph	80+ mph	Rain	Snow
Alert Level	Amber	Red	Red	Amber	Red	Amber	Amber
Please report:
Tornado	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Funnel cloud	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Waterspout	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Wall cloud	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Hail over 20 mm dia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Gusts over 55 mph	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Gusts over 60 mph	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Gusts over 80 mph	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Total rain accumulation	Only if over 25 mm			No	No	Yes	No
Total snow accumulation	Only if thundersnow			No	No	No	No
Damage	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

 

Twitter Us @SkyWarnUK

Have a realtime report to submit? If you have a 'Twitter' account its easy. Simply send a reply to @SkyWarnUK. The latest realtime reports are shown below:

(Please note that reports are only likely to appear during large or particularly severe events)

posted in SkyWarn Reports10.04.09