Radio Shack Pro 84 - Manual (Page 37)

37 Beyond the Basics
• wall clouds seen in severe thunderstorms
(which spawn tornadoes)
• severe lowering of a wall cloud
• turbulence in a wall cloud
• funnel clouds
• tornadoes
• high water areas
• downed power lines
• other emergency conditions that affect life or
property
Listening to Skywarn broadcasts makes it easy to
quickly find out about and prepare for inclement
weather conditions in your immediate area, even
before your local NOAA weather broadcast and
local TV or radio station can announce them.
Enter the local Skywarn frequency for your area into
Channel 200 on your scanner, then listen to Skywarn
first when severe weather threatens.
Listen to NOAA for weather alerts and warnings,
watch box notices, and weather forecasts.
Listen to Skywarn to hear trained observers in your
vicinity call in official reports to a “net control”
station who relays those reports to NOAA and other
emergency agencies.