[CTSARA] SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING Canceling the SARA Board Meeting

[John Sabini Jr.]

Ernest is canceling the SARA Board Meeting for tonight. He is making phone calls.

Monitor the SARA Repeater! 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Issue Date: 614 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
Expiration: 715 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

* AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST ORANGE COUNTY AND EXTENDING INTO 
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND ARE MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.

WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM THURSDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK.
&&

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
Issue Date: 603 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012
Expiration: 1100 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 527 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

 CONNECTICUT COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
FAIRFIELD            HARTFORD            MIDDLESEX           
NEW HAVEN            NEW LONDON          TOLLAND             
WINDHAM

http://www.ctsara.org/ctsara_weather.html


Join The CTSARA Mailing List
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ctsara
Stamford Amateur Radio Association
John Sabin Jr. WB1GRB
Join The CTSARA Mailing List
http://www.ctsara.org/subscribers.htm
John Sabini, WB1GRB: wb1grb at hotmail.com
SARA Web Address: http://www.ctsara.org/
List Member's Guide to Email List Guidelines and Behavior
http://mailman.qth.net/miniaup.html
Using Mailman Lists at Mailman.QTH.net
http://mailman.qth.net/mmmain.htm