WCF SECTION PRESS RELEASE #24-13
NWS RUSKIN ACTIVATING WX4TOR FOR SKYWARN RECOGNITION DAY 2024
Coming up on Saturday December 7, 2024, will be the 2024 Skywarn Recognition Day. Skywarn Recognition Day. Skywarn Recognition Day was started in 1999 and has been done annually ever since. For more information about Skywarn Recognition Day you may go to the NWS Ruskin Skywarn Recognition Day information page located at https://www.weather.gov/tbw/srd.
The National Weather Service Office in Ruskin will be activating WX4TOR for Skywarn Recognition Day. WX4TOR will be monitoring the Analog and NXDN NI4CE repeater systems if you would like a quick check-in during the event. For information on the NI4CE Repeater Systems, either Analog and or NXDN you may go to https://www.ni4ce.org. WX4TOR will also be trying to contact as many hams as possible HF and possibly EchoLink. The hours of operation of WX4TOR will be on Saturday December 2, 2023 from 0800 EST until 1600 EST (1300Z until 2100Z).
Local Skywarn™ spotters are welcome on Saturday December 7, 2024 from 0800 EST until 1600 EST, to visit our local Tampa Bay, Ruskin office of the National Weather Service. Stop on out and operate the radios, as well as take a tour of the office. The National Weather Service office in Ruskin is located at 2525 14th Ave. SE Ruskin, FL 33570.