[HCRA] coordination message #5

Sat Jun 3 05:37:47 EDT 2006

Hello to all….

….The Potential for Flash Flooding Remains Over Portions of Southern New
England…..

….A Flash Flood Warning is in Effect for Southern Hartford County
Connecticut until 515 AM EDT….

….A Flash Flood Watch Remains in Effect for Northern Connecticut, All of
Rhode Island except for Block Island, Southwest, South-Central and
Eastern Massachusetts through Saturday Afternoon. Potential remains for
general 1-3” rainfall with isolated 3-5” rainfall amounts in the Watch
area….

….SKYWARN Activation With Ops at NWS Taunton will occur starting some
time between 8-10 AM EDT Saturday Morning to monitor and retrieve reports
of any flooding occurring in the region….

A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Southern Hartford County
Connecticut until 515 AM Saturday. This could get extended if heavy
rainfall continues over the same area through the morning on Saturday. A
Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for Northern Connecticut, All of
Rhode Island except for Block Island and Southwest, South-Central and
Eastern Massachusetts through Saturday Afternoon. The potential remains
for a general 1-3” rainfall with isolated 3-5” rainfall amounts in the
watch area. Rain was continuing to fall over portions of Southern New
England with very heavy rain in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
south of Long Island. How this rain moves into the area and where it sets
up will determine the axes of heaviest rainfall and most significant
flood issues.

SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton will occur starting some time
between 8-10 AM EDT Saturday Morning to monitor and retrieve reports of
any flooding occurring in the region. A brief coordination message will
be sent to the list on the activation of Ops. Below is the Flash Flood
Warning for Southern Hartford County Connecticut, and the Flash Flood
Watch statement from NWS Taunton:

WGUS51 KBOX 030319

FFWBOX

CTC003-030915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1119 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN HARTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST HARTFORD...NEWINGTON...NEW

  BRITAIN...MANCHESTER...HARTFORD...EAST HARTFORD...BRISTOL

* UNTIL 515 AM EDT

* AT 1119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL APPROACHING SOUTHERN

  HARTFORD COUNTY.   THE WARNED AREA HAD ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 3 

  INCHES OF RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY NEAR LYMAN

  BROOK AROUND MARLBOROUGH AND THE MATTABESSETT RIVER NEAR BERLIN.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

  WINDSOR...WETHERSFIELD...SOUTH WINDSOR...ROCKY HILL...PLAINVILLE...

  MARLBOROUGH...GLASTONBURY...FARMINGTON...EAST WINDSOR...CANTON...

  BURLINGTON...BLOOMFIELD...BERLIN AND AVON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES OR ROADS WHERE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH 

MOST CARS AWAY.

LAT...LON 4157 7294 4179 7302 4182 7296 4186 7253

      4159 7242 4159 7242 4165 7255 4163 7271

      4155 7282

$$

BELK

WGUS61 KBOX 030233

FFABOX

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

1033 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006

...THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY

AFTERNOON...

.A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN DRAPED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW

ENGLAND OVERNIGHT...EXTENDING FROM WEST OF HARTFORD...EASTWARD

THROUGH CAPE COD. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED

IN THE VICINITY OF THIS FRONT OVERNIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST

TO TRACK NORTHEAST ALONG THIS FRONT DURING SATURDAY. THIS LOW

PRESSURE WILL BRING A MORE WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN...WITH

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAKING FLOODING A CONTINUED POSSIBILITY. IF

THIS LOW PRESSURE MOVES MORE SLOWLY THAN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED...THE

POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN MAY CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...AND THE

FLOOD THREAT MAY CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY.

CTZ002>004-MAZ005>007-011>021-NHZ012-015-RIZ001>007-031045-

/O.CON.KBOX.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-060603T2200Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-

WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-

SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-

SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-

WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-

SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-

WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-

SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-

BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION...

VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...

GLOUCESTER...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...FOXBORO...

NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...TAUNTON...BROCKTON...

PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...MANCHESTER...

NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER...SMITHFIELD...

PROVIDENCE...WEST GREENWICH...WARWICK...BRISTOL...NARRAGANSETT...

WESTERLY...NEWPORT

1033 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY

AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN

  MASSACHUSETTS... SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND MOST OF RHODE

  ISLAND...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN NORTHERN

  CONNECTICUT...HARTFORD...TOLLAND AND WINDHAM. IN SOUTHERN

  MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN WORCESTER AND EASTERN HAMPDEN. IN EASTERN

  MASSACHUSETTS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX...NORFOLK AND

  SUFFOLK. IN NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...ESSEX. IN SOUTHEAST

  MASSACHUSETTS...PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL. IN SOUTHERN NEW

  HAMPSHIRE...HILLSBOROUGH. IN RHODE ISLAND...BRISTOL...KENT...

  PROVIDENCE...NEWPORT AND WASHINGTON.

* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE WATCH AREA

  OVERNIGHT. THE VERY MOIST AIR IN PLACE WILL ALLOW SOME LOCALLY

  HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. TWO INCHES OF

  RAIN IN 1 HOUR IS NEEDED TO INITIATE FLASH FLOODING IN SOME

  PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE

  ISLAND...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. TOWARDS DAYBREAK SATURDAY A

  MORE WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED...WITH EMBEDDED

  THUNDERSTORMS BRINGING A CONTINUED THREAT FOR FLOODING DURING

  SATURDAY.

* SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOODING AND URBAN FLASH FLOODING ARE THE MAIN

  CONCERNS WITH THIS RAINFALL EVENT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM

  THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOULD GENERALLY RANGE FROM 1 TO 3

  INCHES...BUT WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE

  WHERE THUNDERSTORMS FORM AND MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS DURING

  THIS TIME.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD

TO FLASH FLOODING. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE

PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

BELK

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

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