Severe Local Storm Warning and Event Summaries Available in AFOS (Automation of Field Operations and Services)

摘要

Verification of severe local storm warnings issued by National Weather Service offices is performed at the National Severe Storms Forecast Center. In association with collection of issued warnings and event reports, two products are routinely disseminated nationally via the AFOS network. A summary of severe local storm event reports received during the previous 24 hours is prepared daily. Routine review of these messages by local offices will facilitate both local compilation of storm data and quality control of information entering data bases. This report describes their content, outlines their role in verification and offers aids for their decoding.