Shelter From The Storm!

Wisconsin and Upper Midwest tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, weather safety, storm spotters, tornado chasers, the National Weather Service SKYWARN program, complete storm shelter links and much more are here at my Shelter from the Storm! severe weather home page. Welcome and enjoy your visit!

Dedicated to the identification, evaluation and reporting of severe weather, SKYWARN is composed of volunteers trained by the National Weather Service to report to the NWS and local Emergency Government Agencies with "ground truth" observations of severe weather. Skywarn volunteers can be Police Officers, Fire/Rescue Responders, Ham Radio Operators or anyone else motivated to provide timely and accurate observations of impending severe weather events.

Your host is, Bernhard Kopp KB9KEF, Member - Milwaukee Area Skywarn Association (MASA), Milwaukee/Waukesha Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), Milwaukee Repeater Club, Illinois Multi-County Warning System. Advanced Severe Weather Spotter.

NOAA Weather Radio Saves Lives! Now with Specific Area Message Encoding!

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES - WISCONSIN - Milwaukee, Green Bay, La Crosse - ILLINOIS - Chicago, Lincoln - MINNESOTA - Twin Cities, Duluth - IOWA - Davenport, Des Moines - INDIANA - Indianapolis

The Daily Briefing - Don't leave home without it!

Live Single Site NWS NEXRAD RADAR! - Milwaukee/Sullivan - Green Bay - La Crosse - Chicago - Lincoln - Minneapolis - Duluth - Davenport - Indianapolis - All US NEXRAD Locations
Local TV Station Radar: Milwaukee WTMJ - WISN Green Bay - WLUK
Severe Weather Warnings! - Wisconsin - Iowa- Illinois - Indiana - Minnesota
Special Weather Statements - Wisconsin - Iowa- Illinois - Indiana - Minnesota
GOES-8 Satellite - Wisconsin 1km Hi Resolution - National Visible - Infrared - Water Vapor
National - Surface Map - Warning Graphics and Warning Texts
State Forecasts - Wisconsin - Iowa- Illinois - Indiana - Minnesota
Forecast Discussions - Wisconsin - Iowa- Illinois - Indiana- Minnesota
Hourly Conditions - Wisconsin - Iowa- Illinois - Indiana- Minnesota
U.S. Threats Assessment (updated weekly on late Tuesdays) - SPC Local Storm Reports (LSR)
WisDOT Freeway Cameras and the "real time" Milwaukee/Chicago/Indiana Freeway Map!
- UPI Newswire Search - Bloomberg Business News

The Bulletin Board

Closet, Car, or Ditch? - The Mobile Home Dilemma During a Tornado.
Storm Spotting and Public Awareness by CHARLES A. DOSWELL III and ALAN R. MOLLER.
NOAA Basic Spotter's Field Guide and the Advanced Spotter's Field Guide (both are in PDF format)
NOAA Severe Weather Spotter's Glossary.
Why?........ by WCM Rusty Kapela - A "must read" for all spotters!

Complete Oakfield Wisconsin F5 Tornado Coverage!

Don Lloyd's Oakfield Wisconsin F5 Tornado Photo's, Wow! (click on the picture)

SFTS Exclusive! Oakfield Wisconsin tornado damage photos!
The Oakfield Tornado Case Study by the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Stephen Jascourt's superlative Chase Report and Analysis of the Oakfield Event.
Oakfield Wisconsin Tornado - Aerial Survey Damage Photo's!
Visit "The Tornado Project On Line" for more stories from Oakfield.
The August 23, 1998 F3 Door County WI Tornado! Complete details and photos!

See "The Chase Logs" for more accounts of the July 18, 1996 Oakfield Wisconsin F5 tornado disaster!

Table of Contents:

Tornado Shelters! - Complete vendors and research links!

WeatherWeb - Links to general interest and severe weather sites. SKYWARN, A.R.E.S., R.A.C.E.S, NWS, and anything else that really matters.

The Chase Logs - First person accounts from spotters and chasers!

Severe Weather Safety and Awareness - Defend yourself from the ravages of nature! The latest in weather education, research and storm shelter information.

CQ! CQ! CQ! - Amateur Radio/HAM sites.

APRS - The Automatic Position Reporting System!

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SFTS! was last updated on April 14, 2003

Proudly serving weather enthusiasts since 09/09/97!

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