Welcome to the official website of the Pendleton SkywarnTM Team!
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The Pendleton SkywarnTM team is a group of volunteers supporting the Pendleton Oregon NWS Weather Forecast Office (WFO). As storm spotters, we serve our community by participating in an organized effort to watch for storms approaching the community and warn of the formation of severe storms or other threatening conditions.
Why are spotters still needed with today's technology?Even with the use of Doppler radar there is a need for spotters to provide field observations. The radar can only detect conditions that are favorable for events such as thunderstorms, flooding, etc. Information is needed about whether tornadoes are actually being produced and their precise location. Also, certain types of tornadoes can form before a Doppler radar signature is detected. Storm spotters work together using amateur radio frequencies, telephone, and electronic means via the Internet using eSpotter, by reporting critical, real-time, weather observations that meet SKYWARNTM event reporting criteria to protect life and property of the local community.
If you would like more information about the SkywarnTM program, you can contact us at
Announcements!
Calling all Amateur Radio SKYWARNTM Net Coordinators!
We need you to contact us so that we can get you set up with an account that will allow you to access this website with webpage editing privileges for your county's webpage. Each county will have it's own webpage here on the website that will provide SKYWARNTM Net frequencies and contact information for that particular county, and you will be able to maintain the information yourself.
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to get your account setup today!
Calling all SKYWARNTM Spotters: Register for eSpotter!
eSpotter is a NWS website that provides an online portal for SKYWARNTM weather spotters to submit electronic, text-based weather reports to the Pendleton NWS forecasters. New to eSpotter? Then you'll need to register at the eSpotter website and create an eSpotter user account by proving your e-mail address and a password. A link to the eSpotter website is included in the links menu for this website, under "REPORTING". Please be advised that eSpotter has 90-day password expiration for website security, so you will need to logon and update your password within the 90 day period that your password is in effect in order to keep your eSpotter user account current. You do need to renew your eSpotter password every 90 days!
Fall 2007 SKYWARNTM Spotter Newsletter Is Online!
The Fall 2007 Pendleton NWS SKYWARNTM spotter newsletter is now online on the Internet! To view the newsletter, click here.
Wind Storm of January 4, 2008
A fierce wind storm affected southeast Washington and northeast Oregon on January 4, 2008. A report is available online that summarizes the storm and the property damage that it caused. The report includes photographs of wind damage. The Pendleton NWS Weather Forecast Office appreciates the many storm reports that spotters provided! To view the storm summary report, click here.
SKYWARNTM Spotter Training Classes Scheduled for 2008
For a list of the currently scheduled SKYWARNTM spotter training classes for 2008 in the County Warning Area of the Pendleton NWS office, click here.
Spring 2008 SKYWARNTM Spotter Newsletter Is Online!
The Springl 2008 Pendleton NWS SKYWARNTM spotter newsletter is now online on the Internet! To view the newsletter, click here.
Sep 03, 2010 at 01:17 PM
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