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St. Louis County R.A.C.E.S. and SKYWARN

"Taking the County by storm."

Amateur radio tower, St. Louis County Emergency Operations Center

St Louis County: Storm-Ready since 2001!

Amateur Radio R.A.C.E.S. and SKYWARN Operations Room, St. Louis County Emergency Operations Center (WB0AAF)

MONTHLY NETS

Remember to monitor and “check-in” to the monthly RACES & SKYWARN Net on the first Thursday of each month, 7:00PM, 146.940 repeater (or the alternate repeater, 147.360).  Hear news, coming events, safety information, training dates, and other activities in the St. Louis County RACES & SKYWARN Programs.  The Weather Alert Radio Net Notification System alerting tones are also tested.

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Thank you for visiting our site.  The St. Louis County R.A.C.E.S. and SKYWARN Programs are the largest volunteer programs of their kind in the region with just under 2200 trained, active participants!

The objective of the SKYWARN program is to train and maintain volunteers to be severe weather observers, providing vital services in times of severe weather.  Our training schedule provides details on the most comprehensive training seminars in the region.  This fine program has been in operation since 1975.

The objective of the R.A.C.E.S. (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) Program is to provide quality emergency volunteer amateur radio support services to the community to augment public safety, schools, government, and medical services as needed.  This quality program has been in operation since 1955.

These programs are sponsored by the St. Louis County Police Department, Office of Emergency Management.  All classes are free, there is no charge to participate, and one need not be a member of any club/organization to become involved at any level.  Your participation is welcomed!

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50 years ago, on February 10, 1959, a devastating tornado passed through the County and then the City of St. Louis. The story, along with pictures, can be found by clicking on the 1959 Tornado button on the left or by clicking here.

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**THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009**: Our first Thursday of the month nets! Please join us at 6:30pm for our HF net which is held on 3993.5 Khz LSB or alternately on 7293.5 Khz LSB! Then, at 7:00pm our regular net on the 146.940 repeater. We look forward to hearing from any and everyone!

CALL FOR PICTURES: Here's your chance to be famous! We're currently adding local severe weather pictures to our Fall, Spring  and future SKYWARN classes and presentations. We're looking for quality pictures, in focus and clear. We do need the source so we can credit the picture(s) and we cannot use any commercial photographs (those which are displayed on professional websites). Finally, we need the location and the date would be very helpful. So hurry and get your pictures in! Finally, if you'd like them placed here, on the SKYWARN website, make note of that as well. We'll put them up with well-displayed credits. Any questions, send me a note: shelleysh1@att.net. Send pics to: MRedman@stlouisco.com

ST. LOUIS COUNTY SKYWARN PROGRAM STATISTICS: The St. Louis County SKYWARN program, since its beginning, has provided 328 weather presentations, instructing 12,894 individuals.  The SKYWARN program currently has 2,096 in the active SKYWARN observer data base, of which approximately 400+ are amateur radio operators.

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