NWS-Recognized Storm Spotters
When the sky turns, someone is already watching.
We are trained volunteer storm spotters covering all 37 counties of the National Weather Service Springfield warning area - reporting what radar cannot see, so warnings reach your neighbors in time.
- Counties Covered
- 37
- Training Net
- Tuesdays
- Linked Repeaters
- 10
34 in Missouri, 3 in Kansas
7:00 PM Central - everyone welcome
Across the N0NWS system
What We Do
Radar tells half the story.
Doppler radar sees rotation in a storm, but it cannot see a funnel reaching the ground, hail collecting on a driveway, or water rising over a low-water crossing. Those observations come from people.
When warnings are issued for our county warning area, our net control operators open a severe weather net and trained spotters report ground truth over amateur radio. Those reports go directly to the forecasters at NWS Springfield, where they help confirm warnings, refine them, and relay real-time danger to the public.
The rest of the year we train - because the time to learn how to give a clear, accurate report is long before you need to give one.
Coverage Area
The NWS Springfield county warning area.
Our coverage follows the National Weather Service Springfield forecast office - 37 counties in all, from the Kansas line east to the Ozarks and north to the lake country.
That includes 3 counties in southeast Kansas: Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford. If the Springfield office issues your warnings, you are in our area - which is exactly why the “Regional” in our name matters.
Get Involved
Three steps to becoming a spotter.
You do not need an amateur radio license to be trained, and you do not need experience to start. You need to be willing to learn and to show up.
Take a spotter class
Join the community
Get on the air
On The Air
Tuesdays at 7:00 PM Central
Our weekly training net runs across the full linked N0NWS system and is open to everyone. New spotters especially - this is where you practice.