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The Big Weather Story -- Mississippi River Flooding

New Technology to Help NWS "See" Storm Spotters

By GREG GARRETT
Information Technology Officer

     
Have you ever wondered how the National Weather Service contacts all of those important Skywarn volunteers?  The answer:  WarnSpot - a new graphical computer program which is easy and quick to use.  When severe weather is developing - WarnSpot - allows meteorologists to select those storm spotters that are in the path of the storm.  The program uses a high resolution map for each county in our service area.  Included on each map are red dots that correspond to a storm spotter's location. When the mouse is placed over a red dot the spotter's name and phone number are brought to the screen. 

SEE WARNSPOT, PAGE 2

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