{"id":1736,"date":"2015-09-23T09:10:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T07:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/?page_id=1736"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:37:09","slug":"reporting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/european-severe-weather-database\/reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporting and Reporting Criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<h1>Which weather events should be reported?<\/h1>\n<p>The ESWD is intended as to be a database that only contains important weather events that can endanger people or do damage. Events that are already well-covered by other measurement systems, or that do not\u00a0cause much impact do not qualify or have a low priority. Relatively strict criteria are in place regarding the severe weather to be reported. They are listed in the following document:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/20210121-ESWD_criteria.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESWD Reporting Criteria (English)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>NEW:\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/ESSL_hail_size_comparisons.pdf\">ESSL hail size comparisons<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Who can report?<\/h1>\n<p>Basically anyone can report severe weather to the ESWD. In particular, weather services, associations of\u00a0weather enthusiasts and motivated individuals are encouraged to submit reports. To do so, you may use the &#8220;Submit a report&#8221; link at the top of the <a title=\"ESWD Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eswd.eu\">ESWD page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Can I become an ESWD partner?<\/h1>\n<p>Maybe. If\u00a0you or your organization intend to submit many reports to the ESWD, please contact ESWD user support at <a href=\"mailto:eswd@essl.org\">eswd@essl.org<\/a> to discuss the possibility of a formal partnership. We expect you to take the reporting very seriously. Establishing the partnership\u00a0includes a bit of paperwork.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/european-severe-weather-database\/eswd-cooperations\/\">ESSL&#8217;s current partners are listed here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which weather events should be reported? The ESWD is intended as to be a database that only contains important weather events that can endanger people or do damage. Events that are already well-covered by other measurement systems, or that do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/european-severe-weather-database\/reporting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":169,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"sidebar-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1736","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1736"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21050,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1736\/revisions\/21050"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essl.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}