Jason Boggs
Has anyone ever called in a report to the NWS and been told that it's a false report?
I called in a report to a NWS office one time about nickel size hail and was told by the meteorologist that he was not buying it. I told him that I was a skywarn trained spotter and was an experienced chaser for a tv station. He said that he just could not believe the report from looking at the radar. I kept trying to tell him about the hail size and he never did believe me. This incident really struck me as unprofessional and irresonsible. Wouldn't have it been easier for the meteorologist to just say something like "Thank you for the report" instead of basically calling me a liar? I really lost a lot of respect for that particular individual. Has anyone else had this happen to them?
I called in a report to a NWS office one time about nickel size hail and was told by the meteorologist that he was not buying it. I told him that I was a skywarn trained spotter and was an experienced chaser for a tv station. He said that he just could not believe the report from looking at the radar. I kept trying to tell him about the hail size and he never did believe me. This incident really struck me as unprofessional and irresonsible. Wouldn't have it been easier for the meteorologist to just say something like "Thank you for the report" instead of basically calling me a liar? I really lost a lot of respect for that particular individual. Has anyone else had this happen to them?