[CALV-AUXCOMM] Fwd: Notification - VDEMA annual Tornado Drill - March 19th

[Shawn Donley]

FYI ....

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Date: March 15, 2019 at 4:11 PM
Subject: Fwd: Notification - VDEMA annual Tornado Drill - March 19th

VDEMA annual Tornado Drill - March 19th
 
MDC Section DECs and ECs in adjacent VA counties are urged to contact those VA ECs in those counties and see if they would be interested in an active play from us or standby status from MD.
 
Copy your county EM, MDC SM and SEC on any correspondence for our report up the line. As this is possibly  joining the Roanoke Div, please include our Alt Div Director, W3TOM as well.  Thanks you,
 
tnx es 73, de
Jim
WB3KAS
PRGE ARES EC
MDC SEC
 
wb3kas at arrl.net mailto:wb3kas at arrl.net
 
 
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From: m_pittinger <m_pittinger at comcast.net>
To: 'Jim Montgomery' <wb3kas at aol.com>; kc3dso <kc3dso at gmail.com>
Cc: ken reid <khz3895 at gmail.com>; 'Abernethy, Tom, W3TOM (Dir, AT)' <w3tom at arrl.org>
Sent: Fri, Mar 15, 2019 3:43 pm
Subject: Notification - VDEMA annual Tornado Drill - March 19th

Jim & Steve,
 
This information is for our MDC ARES® members –
 
If you’re aware of Virginia Department of Emergency Management’s annual tornado drill Tuesday, March 19th.
https://www.vaemergency.gov/tornadodrill/
Save the date!  The Virginia State Emergency Communications Committee and the National Weather Service will conduct a statewide tornado drill and Emergency Alert System (EAS) test on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at 9:45 a.m. or on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 9:45 a.m. as the backup date if severe weather impacts the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 19. At approximately 9:45 a.m., the National Weather Service will send a test tornado warning over NOAA Weather Radios. This test signal will sound a tone alert, show a test message or flash to indicate a message, simulating what people would hear or see during an actual tornado warning. Local radio stations, TV stations and cable outlets will also broadcast the test message via the Emergency Alert System.
 
ARRL VA Section:
Joe Palsa, Virginia Section Manager, K3WRY at ARRL.ORG
Ed Krom, VIrginia SEC, WD4KHP at ARRL.NET
 
* Please notify our MDC ARES® County & jurisdictional ECs adjacent to VA Section border – mostly the Potomac River and Eastern Shore.
* Please notify our ARES® members & MDC Section Hams may witness directly or indirectly the NOAA & VA Tornado Drill.
* The MDC Section Manager (SM) and Assistant (ASM) will disseminate this information via our Social Media, ARRL email Listserv and Twitter.
* This event will be added to our next collaborative ARESMAT On-line meeting.
 
I am including our MDC ASM/PIC/EA Ken KG4USN & Tom W3TOM Atlantic Division Director.
 
Thanks es 73,
 
Marty Pittinger KB3MXM
Maryland / DC Section Manager, ARRL