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Welcome to District 7 SKYWARN®!
East Tennessee District 7 SKYWARN® consists of trained weather spotters supporting the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Morristown, Tennessee. District 7 includes Carter, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington counties in northeast Tennessee. If you are interested in becoming a trained weather spotter, look at the "Join Us!" webpage. For more information about the SKYWARN® storm spotter program, please visit the official SKYWARN® website.
We are the local "eyes and ears" for the National Weather Service. Doppler radar is a useful tool but cannot show the weather at ground level. We report our findings to the NWS via amateur radio, the NWS website, or phone. Our training ensures we know the proper reporting criteria for the NWS to ensure they get the information quickly and accurately.
Please note we are weather spotters, not storm chasers. We report weather observations from our current location. SKYWARN® spotters never put themselves in danger to report weather conditions.
District 7 SKYWARN® uses the amateur radio callsign WX4TN when we use amateur radio as an organization. We also use GMRS but use individual callsigns. You do not have to be an amateur radio ("ham") radio operator to join SKYWARN® but it is helpful. Since its founding, SKYWARN® has had a close association with amateur radio.