MidWest SSTRC, Inc

Community Giveback! Responding to severe weather events 7.24.365.. tracking storms and working with gov and local agencies.

Living on the water knowing and learning what one should do in the event of a disaster is not only beneficial but extremely life saving. This none profit organization is extremely helpful and would be harmful if not continued.

This organization is one of South Central Wisconsin and the surrounding area's most valuable assets! The critical role they play in storm tracking, spotter reports, and disaster assessment is priceless. MidWest SSTRC, Inc. compliments organizations including National Weather Service, local Emergency Management agencies and other protective services. In addition, they work on reaching out to and training the public, increasing awareness.

For quite a number of years, Midwest has been assisting local, county and state authorities in tracking storms on a volunteer basis, adding to the information needed to help keep people safe and informed. They are a very dedicated group who offer storm spotter courses each year. Midwest is a valuable asset to the people of the upper Midwest.

Excellent Service, I appreciate this service for all that they do

Great people and a lot of good information.They help out the National Weather Service with severe weather reports.

Great Organization dedicated to State, County, Local Communities. Working directly with Emergency Management Teams on the Sate, Federal and local levels, including the National Weather Service.
Provides Severe Weather training and authorized by the NWS to present Spotter Classes, which take place in in multiple Wisconsin Counties, communities, Events, Business and other venues - as an example of their Public Outreach Programs.
Host Severe Weather classes, to include an annual Dark Sky Severe Weather Seminar, with working collaboration of Madison College, UW, NWS, Dane Co. Emergency Management and Media, just to mention a few.
Assist in trained review of severe storm events, with their Disaster Assessment Team, providing assessment information to the NWS.
They have general meetings on a Monthly time table in addition to other meetings, i.e. committee, etc.
Provide direct and real time communications to local emergency management and the NWS, via multiple communication means, including Amateur Radio (Ham) - and own their own Business Band Radio Frequency
They have multiple Base of Operations which duties that includes, receiving real time reports from mobile and static units, relaying of those reports meeting NWS reporting structure, forecasting and nowcasting and radar interpretation.
New members are always welcome to join for a verity of reasons, be it an interest in severe weather or active participation.
These volunteers are the very meaning of a great team of volunteers.

Wonderful Seminar this year - "Dark Skies" at Madison College was fun & informative!

They do a great job of getting information out to the community.

I've been a volunteer with MidWest SSTRC for over 10 years. This organization consists of many caring individuals working together to help their communities stay safe from severe weather, educated about the dynamics of weather and aware of severe weather's potential.

MidWest SSTRC is an organization of volunteers across several counties all working together to provide ground truth to the National Weather Service when weather turns severe. They are people who work to raise the level of severe storm awareness and preparedness to their communities.

If you would like to learn more about the weather and how you can become involved in helping your community stay safe, this is a great organization that can help you help others.

When I moved from the desert, where the worst weather event is a dust storm or flash flooding, to an area where tornadoes and other severe weather are a fact of life, I knew immediately that I would need to find a skywarn group with which I could use the skills and experience I have built over several years. It took me a while to "separate the wheat from the chaff" but I finally did and Midwest SSTRC is that group.

These guys are serious. MWSSTRC isn't a few guys who sit around during a drizzle and count off the thunder; This is a group of individuals who are well trained, experienced and organized. Forecasters, nowcasters, spotter teams, chase teams, radar interpreters...they have it all. I've spent several weather events guiding spotters and chasers to the worst parts of the storm and keeping them out of harm's way so they can see what's really happening and relay ground truth to the National Weather Service, then survey damage when it's all over.

Midwest SSTRC also runs a plethora of training classes and seminars where you can learn forecasting, nowcasting, how to read doppler radar, first aid, CPR, basic and advanced storm spotting, storm safety, and more and can give you guidance on how to get a number of incident command certifications from FEMA, HAM radio licenses, etc...

If you want to get involved in helping people survive severe weather events, this is the group to do it with.

This organization has volunteers who are dedicated and committed to the knowledge of weather & public safety. Weather 'spotters' volunteer their time to help identify and communicate critical weather events for the NWS, local, city and county emergency teams. I have directed my friends and family to the broadcast(online) to hear what's really going on.

Great organization! Volunteer or donate if you have the opportunity.

I am on the board. To have a board is nothing without great members, and great members is exactly what MidWest has. Dedicated folk who are there through thick and thin, that's the true measure of a a great team.

it saddens me to see a weather group who claims to be part of skywarn but does not have current infomation on there website. but yet there asking for donations seem to be updated more then the weather alerts.

Like today Jan 4th 2015 we have for Dane Wind Chill Advisory that has been posted now for days. And they clame Dane is all Clear for weather alerts. And this is not the first time. for the last 3 weeks there website has said clear. but yet we have had Winter storm watch, other Windchill alerts for Dane.

Every area of the U.S. should have a working group like this. The information they provide saves lives. I have been to their training sessions. I am glad they reach out to the public to help inform and train people to understand severe weather. Being informed is the best first step for safety during severe weather.

As a 911 operator, many of my co-workers do not receive any type of training as a dispatcher; and when severe weather strikes we can count on this team to be relaying the right information, to the right source, at the right time. With the great advances in internet, I know of many people who will listen in on the MidWest SSTRC feed online to keep up with the weather and get a more accurate description of where the weather is happening at that moment. This group is very dedicated and explifies it's mission whenever severe weather affects Southern Wisconsin. I think the information that this group provides also helps the "tax-payer dollar" go further; the National Weather Service will not always have the funds to investigate in detail each storm event, which is where these volunteers fill the gap. The group is always striving to become better and remain a positive image in the community.

I have been interested in weather and involved in weather spotting for over 30 years. This is my first of what I hope will be many years with MidwestSSTRC. A fantastic group of people, dedicated to educating the public about weather safety. The organization supports the National Weather Service during severe weather events by providing real time ground truth from our network of trained observers. Truly making a difference and potentially touching the lives of every person that lives in this region.

I have worked with them on several occasion and they are an outstanding group of people who are dedicated to their mission. I would recommend them to anyone in a heartbeat! There passion for storm monitoring, preparedness and spotting is unlike any I have ever seen before. They are some of the nicest people you will ever meet!

I have been volunteering for this my third year. I was a volunteer firefighter for 17 prior to this and when I retired I needed a place to take my help and I found Midwest sstrc. I got my ham operator lic. And moved right back into helping people and I have got to know some very good people and have furthered my education and helping the public.

MWSSTRC is a group of very dedicated individuals who volunteer their time to go out in sometimes dangerous situations to provide the eyes on the ground that the National Weather Service needs in order to issue severe weather warnings. NWS radar cannot see ground conditions beyond a distance of about 10 miles, so having trained weather spotters distributed across the counties is essential to them. I am proud to be a member of this group.

MidWest is a volunteer organization. The members perform weather spotting when sevear conditions are happening. We provide training to the public in the form of Basic and Advanced training. We also attend local events to provide the public an insite of what we do.