ATTACHMENT "C"
SAMPLE WEATHER NET INSTRUCTIONS
This is KB8ABC, and I will be acting as net control for the duration of the weather event that is current in our coverage area. This will be a directed net. All communications are to be addressed through net control. The NWS has issued a Severe thunderstorm watch for the following counties ______ , _______, ________. At this time we are condition green.(yellow, red). Your check-in instructions are as follows:
When checking into the net, please give your call sign, name, location, mobile or stationary status, and how long you will be available
If you must leave the net for any reason, please notify net control
I will now take check-ins for this weather net.
"AFTER CHECK-IN
"Attention all net stations!! This is KB8ABC, net control .... please stand by for net instructions."
"The instructions for this net are as follows: This is a Severe Thunderstorm Watch. We expect rain, thunder and lightning, wind and low cloud formations. The following items are the only reports that net control wishes to hear from Spotters; please use only the suffix of your call when calling net control:
Report all hail . . . regardless of size.
Report only winds measured or estimated to be over 50 MPH.
Do not report lightning unless it hits a person, building, electric services or causes damage resulting in blocked roadways.
Rainfall is NOT to be reported unless accumulations threaten flash flooding.
Wall Clouds with confirmed rotation are to be reported.
Funnel clouds are to be reported.
Tornadoes are to be reported.
Thunder is not important and is not to be reported.
If you are stationary, do not move without notifying net control; unless you are in imminent danger.
If you are mobile, do not engage in Storm Chasing. Mobiles that must remain moving will please report their location to net control every 15 minutes
Do not go mobile unless it is to go to your pre-assigned stationary viewing area.
If you are in a convertible, please do not observe from inside your vehicle. Seek a shelter from which you can observe safely
All reports should follow the TEL (Time, Effect, and Location) reporting procedure.
Priority and Emergency transmissions must meet standard definitions and will be handled immediately by Net Control.
Consider your own safety at all times.
Only your direct observations are reportable. Commercial radio or TV weather reports, radar descriptions, or police and fire department transmissions that you hear on scanners, are not reportable on this net.
This concludes net instructions at this time. I will repeat the net instructions from time-to-time. Please listen carefully to the net. Instructions can change quickly with events. This is KB8ABC, standing by for Spotter reports."
Time permitting, you can take more check-ins to the net. Each time you take in a new group of Spotters, you should repeat the net instructions.
The above is only an example. Tear it apart. Modify it. Put it back together. Embellish it. The important thing is that you practice writing examples like it; so that you get used to thinking ahead about what you want from the net participants. The better your instructions are, the smoother the net will run, the more professional it will appear to the world, and the more control you will have.