Help listening to storm chasers

[clayk]

I am very new at scanning. I purchased a 396XT and have things going pretty well, but I am having trouble listening to the storm watchers. I programed all of the info from the database through freescan. Last night there were a few severe storm warnings. I set my scanner to scan only the weather channels I programed but I never heard anything. A few times I heard a brief burst of static.

Can anyone shed some light on this? I would like to hear reports coming in to the Weather Service and reports of damage. Thanks for any help you can lend

Clay

 

[rdale]

They may not have been out spotting if it was a smaller event like last night. Make sure you have the Skywarn repeaters in your scanner.

 

[clayk]

Thanks. I will check and make sure but I am pretty sure I do. Do I need all of the repeaters or just the ones near my area?

Clay

 

[rdale]

You'll only hear the ones you have programmed, so it's up to you.