The Greater Pee Dee Skywarn Group was formed in 2013 with the idea to integrate Ham Radio and Social Media in severe weather reporting. The idea is that most Storm Spotters these days are on social media sites, more than on Ham Radio, and there are a lot of Ham Radio operators that are on Social Media. Marry the two together, and you have a great network of storm spotters within your community. We did just that when we created Greater Pee Dee Skywarn Group.
Our Skywarn Repeater has a ham radio net that is held each night at 9PM local time on the W4PDE amateur radio repeater.Tune in to us each night on 146.745, it has a negative offset and a tone of 82.5
During severe weather events, we will activate a skywarn net, take check in’s and severe weather reports and pass them along to the NWS. We normally activate in Active mode for Severe Thunderstorm Warnings & Tornado Warnings, as well as in Watch Mode for Tornado Watches.
Our Primary area of coverage includes:
Dillon
Marion
Florence
Darlington
Marlboro Counties...
Follow us on Twitter @WX4PDE or Facebook
K4KNJ - Sam Smith, Skywarn EC
KK4IOJ - Thomas Lawhon,Skywarn AEC for Darlington County,SC
KE4SZT - John Richardson, Skywarn AEC for Marion County, SC
N4AAK - Bill Cheney, Skywarn AEC for Florence County, SC
W2SOC - Tim Thompson, Member GPDSkywarn, Horry County
WB5OXN - Randy Purcell, Member GPDSkywarn, Horry County
KK4GSA - Mike Eaddy, Skywarn AEC For Florence County, SC
Our Skywarn Repeater has a ham radio net that is held each night at 9PM local time on the W4PDE amateur radio repeater.Tune in to us each night on 146.745, it has a negative offset and a tone of 82.5
During severe weather events, we will activate a skywarn net, take check in’s and severe weather reports and pass them along to the NWS. We normally activate in Active mode for Severe Thunderstorm Warnings & Tornado Warnings, as well as in Watch Mode for Tornado Watches.
Our Primary area of coverage includes:
Dillon
Marion
Florence
Darlington
Marlboro Counties...
Follow us on Twitter @WX4PDE or Facebook
K4KNJ - Sam Smith, Skywarn EC
KK4IOJ - Thomas Lawhon,Skywarn AEC for Darlington County,SC
KE4SZT - John Richardson, Skywarn AEC for Marion County, SC
N4AAK - Bill Cheney, Skywarn AEC for Florence County, SC
W2SOC - Tim Thompson, Member GPDSkywarn, Horry County
WB5OXN - Randy Purcell, Member GPDSkywarn, Horry County
KK4GSA - Mike Eaddy, Skywarn AEC For Florence County, SC