Thunderstorms in the Mid-Mississippi Valley and Florida; Fire Weather Concerns in the Northern Plains

Isolated severe storms capable of hail and gusty winds are possible mainly this evening across portions of the mid-Mississippi Valley. Clusters of thunderstorms may produce isolated flash flooding in the Florida peninsula. Elevated fire weather risk is possible in the Northern Plains into western Minnesota. Read More >

The National Weather Service office in Paducah, KY will again participate in Skywarn Recognition Day this year. Skywarn Recognition Day is normally the first Saturday in December, and this year is no exception. This is a national event that the Paducah NWS office typically participates in.

The event runs from 00z Saturday (6 P.M. CST Friday) to 24z (6 P.M. CST) Saturday. Please visit the NWS national Skywarn Recognition Day website for more details.

Notes:

The office can be reached on a 2-meter repeater via Echolink. The repeater is the primary repeater used by the Paducah Amateur Radio Association. The repeater call-sign and Echolink node is W4NJA. The frequency is 147.06 MHz with a PL tone of 179.9.
The special event call-sign of W4P has been assigned for the NWS Paducah station during this event.
The primary HF bands that will be worked through the event are 80, 40, and 20 meters. No digital modes will be worked.
No requests for QSL cards please.
Our Twitter feed may contain additional info during the event.
Enjoy the event.

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Thunderstorms in the Mid-Mississippi Valley and Florida; Fire Weather Concerns in the Northern Plains

Ham radio operators: Today is Skywarn Recognition Day