Skywarn HAM operations for Hurricane Douglas

The National Weather Service in Honolulu has not activated the Skywarn HAM net at the NWS Office.

The Skywarn HAM effort will be conducted at Shelter-in-place stations in the operators’ home or elsewhere.

Please forward to interested parties.

Skywarn Severe Weather Spotters and others,

Because of the complications in operating brought on by COVID-19, we ask that you continue to use the telephone as the primary method of filing a Severe Weather Report.

Please have your Skywarn number available when you call in on the special 1-800 number.

If you do not have a Skywarn number, please call in your severe weather observations that meet the Skywarn criteria (https://www.weather.gov/hfo/skywarn) to the office number 1-808-973-5286. 

• Hawaii VOAD Maunakea 146.72 MHz (PL100.0) Repeater, 
• DEM RACES Repeaters system, 
• HF 7.080 MHz USB, 
• DMR MARC, Hawaii-1 TG, 
• WINLINK (kh6sw@winlink.org) and 
• 146.58 MHz Simplex and relay your message.

The format for the SWR is header, metrics then impacts.  If you do not have measured metrics observed; for example, a rain gage or anemometer, just give the impacts. The header is your callsign, your name, Spotter number, then observed information of location, time and measurements, then impacts.

Skywarn Criteria:

ANY tornado, funnel, or waterspout

Heavy rain at a rate of an inch per hour or more lasting more than 15 minutes

ANY type of flooding that is threatening or causing damage

ANY hail

High winds strong enough to cause property damage

ANY weather related death, injury, or significant damage