[HCRA] Fw: Flood/Wind Coordination Message #4B

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 Eric Tuller   N1QKO
Assistant SKYWARN Coordinator for W.MA. M.E.M.A. Region 3 Radio Operator
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From: "SkyWarn Announcement List" <SkyWarn-list at oak.powersrvcs.net>
To: <Skywarn-list at oak.powersrvcs.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 01:07:37 -0500
Subject: Flood/Wind Coordination Message #4B
Message-ID: <000d01c53813$701e86b0$6401a8c0 at oemcomputer>

Hello to all....

....Moderate to Heavy Rain Restarted Over Much of the Region with Wind
Gusts
of 46-55 MPH Occurring....
....Potential for Flooding Remains as a Flood Watch Remains in Effect....
....Some form of SKYWARN Activation Will Recommence Sunday Morning.
Decision
on Ops at NWS Taunton to be made around 7 AM Sunday....
....Latest Products as of 1 AM Posted Below....

WGUS61 KBOX 030432
FFABOX
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>021-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>007-031230-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1131 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005

...THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE...

THIS FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SMALL STREAMS IN SOUTHWEST NEW
HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...ALL OF RHODE ISLAND EXCEPT BLOCK
ISLAND...AND ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS EXCEPT CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.

RAIN HAS AGAIN OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE TONIGHT.  ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF 0.50 TO 1.00 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY MORNING WITH SOME
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY IN THE FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS OF THE
CONNECTICUT AND MERRIMACK VALLEY AND THE WORCESTER HILLS.  BASED ON
THE LATEST FLOOD GUIDANCE...MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS COULD
DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT OR SUNDAY AS RUNOFF MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE
RIVER SYSTEMS.

IN ADDITION...URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS LIKELY DURING
PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.  THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN SHOULD MOVE
OUT OF THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY BY 2 OR 3 AM...AND DIMINISH TO SHOWERS
IN THE EAST BEFORE DAYBREAK.

A FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLOODING. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS
REQUIREMENTS...ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS.
KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF
A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

$$
DRV

WWUS71 KBOX 030212
NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
910 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005

CTZ002>004-MAZ011>021-RIZ001>007-031000-
BRISTOL RI-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN KENT RI-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-HARTFORD CT-NEWPORT RI-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA-TOLLAND CT-WASHINGTON RI-
WESTERN KENT RI-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-WINDHAM CT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOONSOCKET...WARWICK...SOUTH KINGSTOWN...
PROVIDENCE...NEWPORT...BRISTOL...BARRINGTON...WORCESTER...WEYMOUTH...
WALTHAM...TAUNTON...SPRINGFIELD...SOMERVILLE...QUINCY...PLYMOUTH...
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH...NEWTON...NEW BEDFORD...MILFORD...FRANKLIN...
FALL RIVER...CHICOPEE...CAMBRIDGE...BROOKLINE...BROCKTON...BOSTON...
ATTLEBOROUGH...WINDSOR LOCKS...WILLIMANTIC...WEST HARTFORD...
VERNON...PUTNAM...PLAINFIELD...NEWINGTON...NEW BRITAIN...MANSFIELD...
MANCHESTER...HARTFORD AND EAST HARTFORD
910 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON MA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY. THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...ALL OF RHODE ISLAND...AND MASSACHUSETTS ALONG AND SOUTH
OF THE MASS PIKE.

STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
MASS PIKE OVERNIGHT...THEN WILL DIMINISH BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY.

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL OCCASIONALLY REACH 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 55 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR AT ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 500 FEET...AND ALONG THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND
MASSACHUSETTS.

THESE STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS IN A FEW LOCATIONS...
POSSIBLY CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

ALREADY THIS EVENING...A WIND GUST TO 47 MPH WAS REPORTED AT T F
GREEN STATE AIRPORT IN WARWICK AT 805 PM. ON NARRAGANSETT BAY...BUOYS
REPORTED GUSTS AS HIGH AS 57 MPH THIS EVENING.

$$

MAZ022>024-RIZ008-031000-
BARNSTABLE MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...
FALMOUTH AND BARNSTABLE
910 PM EST SAT APR 2 2005

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY...

SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...WITH GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 55 MPH POSSIBLE. THESE STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREE
LIMBS IN A FEW LOCATIONS...POSSIBLY CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

$$

JWD

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Pager #: (508) 354-3142
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 1-800-445-2588 Ext.: 72929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo at rcn.com
http://users.rcn.com/rmacedo