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	<title><![CDATA[SkyWarn  For USS Powhatan NCC-1967 Region One Chesapeake,Virginia]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Welcome To The USS Powhatan NCC-1967   Part Of Star Fleet Interntional Region One Chesapeake,Virginia  &lt; ---Note this Photo of Storm &nbsp;is a Bravenet Stock Photo  USS Powhatan NCC-1967 attended Sky Warn training class&nbsp;May 14,2008 and was Hosted by our Own Ruth Bigio and National Oceanic and Admispheric Administration. It is important to track and spot severe weather before it happens. The USS Powhatan are not stom chasers but storm spotters.  Define by National and Admispheric Administration sky warn is defined as  "SKYWARN is a concept developed in the early 1970s that was intended to promote a cooperative effort between the National Weather Service and communities. The emphasis of the effort is often focused on the storm spotter, an individual who takes a position near their community and reports wind gusts, hail size, rainfall, and cloud formations that could signal a developing tornado. Another part of SKYWARN is the receipt and effective distribution of National Weather Service information.  The organization of spotters and the distribution of warning information may lie with the National Weather Service or with an emergency management agency within the community. This agency could be a police or fire department, or often is an emergency management/service group (what people might still think of as civil defense groups). This varies across the country however, with local national weather service offices taking the lead in some locations, while emergency management takes the lead in other areas.  SKYWARN is not a club or organization, however, in some areas where Emergency Management programs do not perform the function, people have organized SKYWARN groups that work independent of a parent government agency and feed valuable information to the National Weather Service. While this provides the radar meteorologist with much needed input, the circuit is not complete if the information does not reach those who can activate sirens or local broadcast systems.  SKYWARN spotters are not by definition "Storm Chasers". While their functions and methods are similar, the spotter stays close to home and usually has ties to a local agency. Storm chasers often cover hundreds of miles a day. The term Storm Chaser covers a wide variety of people. Some are meteorologists doing specific research or are gathering basic information (like video) for training and comparison to radar data. Others chase storms to provide live information for the media, and others simply do it for the thrill.  Storm Spotting and Storm Chasing is dangerous and should not be done without proper training, experience and equipment.  The National Weather Service conducts spotter training classes across the United States, and your local National Weather Service office should be consulted as to when the next class will be held."   &nbsp;  National Oceanic and Admispheric&nbsp;Administraion simple maps that are upto date can be found at http://www.skywarn.org/&nbsp;if you are interesting in tracking&nbsp;and spotting&nbsp;storms. Please do this in the safety of your own home. We do not need Storm Chasers and Storm&nbsp;Spotters hurt. If need to report in an emergency always follow these guidelines  &nbsp;&nbsp;  Skywarn Reporting  Reporting Format      Identify yourself:     provide your CALL and your location including, if possible, the nearest large intersection or landmark   What have you seen:     Wall cloud, Tornado, large hail, flooding, etc   Where you saw it:     The direction and distance from where you saw it.     (example: 3 miles south of town)   When you saw it:     Make sure you remember exactly what time observation occured   What was it doing:     Describe the storms direction and speed of travel, size and intensity, and destructiveness. (also include any amount of uncertainty as needed. (i.e., "funnel cloud; no debris visible at surface but too far away to be certain it is on the ground))"   Reporting Criteria  Critical Priority    Any tornado, waterspout, or funnel cloud   Wall cloud (especially if any rotation is seen)   Widespread wind damage     Trees, power lines, structural damage   Flash flooding     streams, creeks, rivers or dam breaks   severe street, urban, or basement flooding     1+ inches in an hour in urban areas   2+ inches in 3 hours in urban areas   High Priority    At least penny sized hail (0.75 inch)   Any thunderstorm wind gusts of 58 mph (50 knots) or greater   Poor-drainage urban flooding which makes roads impassable     Distiction between poor drainage flooding and overflowing streams is crutial!   Snowfall: 1+" in an hour or less   Moderate Priority    Any size hail less than 0.75" in diameter (smaller than a penny)   Thunderstorm wind gusts of 40-57 mph or downed small tree branches   River or stream rises to near bank full   Rainfall     Event total   Snowfall     When accumulations reach 2", 4", and 6"   Event total   Ice jam locations   Freezing rain or freezing drizzle   Change in the type of precipitation (example: snow to rain)   We value your severe weather spotting and appreciate your timely reports. Reports can be made from any location: home, work, school, on the road, etc. However, we do request that you spot safely...please don't risk injury (or worse) to provide us with your information. Please relay your reports as soon as it is safe to do so.   REMEMBER...the first rule of severe weather spotting and emergency communications is to protect yourself. Insure your own safety first; then and only then, communicate your observation.  &nbsp;  Anyone who is interested in weather can also visit myweatherlive at http://www.myweatherlive.com/. There are blogs and meteorologist there&nbsp;members&nbsp;can post&nbsp;too. Note the radars and maps at myweatherlive sometimes&nbsp;are not as uptodate as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. When viewing weather charts and maps&nbsp;please refer first to the maps and charts on the National &nbsp;Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at http://www.skywarn.org/&nbsp;and then view myweatherlive,your local online televison radars,weatherunderground, yahoo weather, the weather channel online&nbsp;(etc)..  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;    &nbsp;      "Honoring The Past"  "Exploring&nbsp;The Future"&nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;     &nbsp;  http://pub10.bravenet.com/chat/show.php/793764996&nbsp;Chat Room  &nbsp;  &nbsp;Basic Spotter's Field Guide here.  &nbsp;  &nbsp;]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thunderstorms predicted Southeastern Virginia 5/21/08 to 5/24/08There is a gale warning off the Virginia Coast. The next three day may be chances of thunderstorms. From the...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 22:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tornado Watch  May 8th Central Virgina]]></title>
		<link>http://usspowhatancc1967.bravejournal.com/entry/24547/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 280&nbsp;&nbsp; NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK&nbsp;&nbsp; 650 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008  THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A&nbsp;&nbsp;...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 03:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tornado Stories Shared By Others 4/28-4/30-2008]]></title>
		<link>http://usspowhatancc1967.bravejournal.com/entry/24444/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[  http://hamptonroads.com/2008/04/share-your-tornado-story...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tornado Warning In Effect April 20,2008]]></title>
		<link>http://usspowhatancc1967.bravejournal.com/entry/24368/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[TORNADO WATCH 210 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 1 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA CAMDEN CHOWAN...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Possible Thunder Storms Saturday  April 12,2008 Eure County NC 50.2 miles from Chesapeake Virginia]]></title>
		<link>http://usspowhatancc1967.bravejournal.com/entry/24288/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[  Photos&nbsp; taken in my neighborhood Of Saturdays Afternoon Storms Chesapeake, Virginia- Pictures Showing Part of A Thunderstorm Squall Line April 12,2008   ]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<link>http://usspowhatancc1967.bravejournal.com/entry/24267/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[            High Surf Advisory    COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC  406 PM EDT WED APR 9 2008    NCZ103-101000-...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Weather]]></title>
		<link>http://usspowhatancc1967.bravejournal.com/entry/24262/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[                        Chesapeake, VA                                           54°F  Cloudy      Feels Like: 54°F      Humidity: 92%      Wind: N&nbsp;8&nbsp;mph...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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