Jackson County is under the
NWS Grand Rapids Office (GRR)
Contact number: 1-800-647-3836 Web reporting: www.weather.gov/grr/spotter Forecast office also monitors the Lowell Repeater on 145.270 & 145.260
All Hazards weather radio frequency for Jackson County is: 162.400 or 162.450 (for extreme Southern areas).
The S.A.M.E. code for Jackson County is: 026075. Calhoun = 026025, Hillsdale = 026059, Washtenaw = 026161,
Lenawee = 026091, Ingham = 026065.
Know your location before submitting a report, either Lat/Long or Street w/ cross street
Submit reports on the following
Tornadoes
Funnel Clouds
Straight Line Winds
Heavy Wind gusts
Waterspouts
Wall clouds
Shelf Clouds
Hail * report any size
Storm Damage
Flooding
Heavy Rainfall
Winter Weather
- Hail reference guide
Pea – 0.25″
Plain M&M – 0.50″
Penny – 0.75″
Nickel – 0.88″
Quarter – 1.00″
Half Dollar – 1.25″
Ping Pong Ball – 1.50″
Golf Ball – 1.25″
Lime – 2.00″
Tennis Ball – 2.50″
Baseball – 2.75″
Large Apple – 3.00″
Softball – 4.00″
Grapefruit – 4.50“
Download NOAA Weather Radio guide, click HERE
Whenever the threat of severe weather occurs, or the NWS issues a warning or watch for Jackson County, a Skywarn net may be activated. The CARS 146.880 repeater has a dedicated NWS NOAA weather receiver that will trip whenever there is a weather event in Jackson County. This will be evident by the letter “W” in Morse (Di dah dah) as the courtesy tone on the repeater.
Skywarn nets will be brought up in one of two modes, standby or directed. This decision is up to the person in charge of net control, or by direct order of the NWS, or OEM/EMD.
In standby, trained spotters are encouraged to watch, listen and report. Most likely, NWS has issued a watch for a county and there is a potential for severe weather. While in standby, you are welcome to use the repeater, we ask that you keep your conversations short, and leave long pauses between key-ups, in the event someone should need to make a report.
In a directed net, it is most likely NWS has issued a warning for our county. The net control station will be responsible for collecting reports from spotters and relaying critical weather information to the NWS. During the directed net, only weather related traffic will be allowed on the repeater.
Weather Warning Sirens – Testing
Link to map showing the locations of the Weather sirens in Jackson County:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1BlUd_iAYJKILnY-tNYr1vtrR72TumQI&usp=sharing