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What Chris said. I would not expect more than 10% of reports get turned into LSRs. It's not that the NWS doesn't trust or even appreciate the reports.
 
Having been in the middle of taking in reports and LSR's going out many many times, the comments are correct that in 'larger' events only about 10% or so of them are LSR'ed. This can be due to staffing and also just what makes sense to put out in statements. I've seen events with 10+ pages of reports (~40 reports per page) turn into an LSR count of around 40 or so. A spotter shouldn't expect that every one of their reports, or even a minority of their reports to end up in LSR's, that's just not how it works. Yes, it's always nice to see your report end up in an LSR but it shouldn't be expected.
 
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