Winter Reporting
Snow can be one of the simplest, and yet is generally one of the most misunderstood weather elements to observe. To correctly measure and report snow depth, you need to measure several locations in open exposed areas and average these measurements to get the accurate snow depth. If you want to get the greatest depth be sure that this is reported as a drift, not the snow depth. If you took a number of measurements and found the average to be 10 inches with the greatest 19 inches, report snow depth of 10 inches with drifts to 19 inches. Like we said, simple but easy to misunderstand

 SNOW
 1 INCH OR MORE PER 12 HOURS

SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
 WHEN TRAVEL BECOMES HAZARDOUS, REPORT ICE ACCUMULATION IF POSSIBLE

NON-CONVECTIVE HIGH WINDS
 MEASURED OR ESTIMATED WINDS OVER 50 MPH, ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY WIND

RAIN
 1 INCH OF RAIN DURING AN EVENT

FLOODING
 WHEN FLOODING THREATENS ROADS OR PROPERTY
 

Other Seasons Reporting
In other seasons, events such as Severe Thunderstorms, Floods, and Tornadoes call for different criteria to be reported. Here is what we are looking for to meet "SEVERE" criteria.

WINDS
  WINDS IN EXCESS OR 58 MPH

HAIL
  3/4 INCH (DIME SIZE) OR LARGER
  (NOTICE...DO NOT USE "MARBLE SIZED" DESCRIPTIONS!!)
  (YOUR MARBLE MAY BE BIGGER THAN MINE!!)

RAINFALL
  1 INCH PER HOUR OR 2 INCHES OR MORE IN 24 HOURS

ANY DAMAGE DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER CAUSES

PLEASE DO NOT GIVE SEVERE REPORTS IF WHAT YOU ARE OBSERVING IS NOT SEVERE! AFTER YOU HAVE GIVEN A SEVERE REPORT, KEEP NET CONTROL ADVISED AS TO THE CHANGES OBSERVED.