[CTSARA] SARA Picnic FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED

[John Sabini Jr.]

(PICNIC) SARA Barbecue Picnic Sunday August 2. @ 6:00 pm. 
 
We will be using up food from Field Day. Bring your own folding chairs.
 
We do need side dishes. 
Example: salad, beans, potato salad ...............
Desert: cookies, cake .................
Please e-mail me if you attend to bring a side dish only.
 
We will have a discussion on ways of improving Field Day and the overall health of SARA including information on the new repeater site.
 
Non members are welcome! I need to know How many will attended the picnic?
 
MAP: http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?encType=1&where1=102+Rock+Spring+Rd,+Stamford,+CT+06906-1928&FORM=MIRE
 
Parking: I have room for about 5 cars in my drive way. Handy cap park in drive way. Plenty of parking on Treat Av. across street or Mayflower Av. short walk. Do not park on Rock Spring Rd.
 
I will also send a reminder on the SARA Picnic later this week on our ctsara at mailman.qth.net mailing list. 

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SARA SUNDAY NIGHT NET.  We encourage all of the SARA members to join in the informal net on the Stamford Repeater every Sunday night at 8:00 PM. After about a half hour of friendly discussion, we play the “Amateur Radio News line” with the latest happenings in amateur radio. Make yourself heard, join the net. Both club repeaters will be linked together for better coverage. 

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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 435 AM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EDT MON JUL 27 2009
...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
.A SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPING IN THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIANS WILL
BE THE FOCUS FOR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY
AND TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING IN A TROPICAL AIR MASS
AND ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS IN COMBINATION
WITH SATURATED GROUNDS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-
EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-
BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
435 AM EDT SUN JUL 26 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
 NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE
 FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN
 FAIRFIELD...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN
 NEW LONDON...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...
 SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. IN NORTHEAST NEW
 JERSEY...BERGEN...EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION AND
 WESTERN PASSAIC. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS
 (BROOKLYN)...NASSAU...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHEASTERN
 SUFFOLK...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...
 ORANGE...PUTNAM...QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...
 ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND
 SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK.

* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
* AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAVE LEFT THE
  GROUND SATURATED. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND
  TONIGHT COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN A SHORT
  PERIOD OF TIME. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE
  POSSIBLE. LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS COULD BE TWO OR MORE INCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
&& $$  
 
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