[HCRA] Wx Message from KD1CY /NWS Taunton

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 Eric Tuller   N1QKO
Assistant SKYWARN Coordinator for W.MA. M.E.M.A. Region 3 Radio Operator
Emergency Coordinator for the MTARA.  KB1HGK   Radio Operators for
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Hello to all….

 

…..Potential for Heavy Rainfall and Minor to Possibly Pockets of Moderate
Flooding in Portions of Southern New England Friday Through the Weekend….
…..A Flood Watch is now in effect for Southwest New Hampshire, Central
and Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut from Friday Morning
through Saturday Afternoon. This Flood Watch maybe expanded further
eastward on Friday and a Hydrologic Outlook has been posted for areas
east of the Flood Watch for the period from Saturday Morning through
Sunday….

…..SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton is possible anytime from
Friday Afternoon through Sunday….
A large and slow moving storm system will be affecting Southern New
England Friday through Saturday Night. The storm will bring with it heavy
rainfall and the potential for minor to possibly pockets of moderate
flooding to portions of Southern New England. Models are in agreement on
bringing widespread 2-4” of rainfall to the region, however, there is
potential for as much as 6” of rainfall in isolated locations. If
rainfall of these amounts occur, river, small stream and urban flooding
will occur in the Flood Watch area. Heavy rain will be delayed in
reaching eastern portions of Southern New England, however, heavy
rainfall is expected as we move into Saturday east of the Flood Watch
area and there is potential that Flood Watches maybe required for other
parts of Southern New Hampshire, Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

 The potential exists for SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton
anytime from Friday Afternoon through Sunday depending on the exact
timing of the heaviest rainfall in Southern New England. Future
coordination messages will fine-tune the details and timing of the heavy
rainfall and flood potential. SKYWARN Spotters are asked to report
measured criteria rainfall, river, stream and urban flooding into NWS
Taunton.
 
Also, it is noted that the Amateur Radio New England VoIP Network has
been moved to a new system. On the EchoLink side, the connection is still
via *NEW-ENG*, Node #: 9123 but the IRLP reflector has changed to 9123.
This is a new system with similar functionality as the previous one and
on Friday Evening some time between 7-9 PM EDT, we’d like to test the
system as there has been an intermittent issue that we need to determine
if the issue still exists and whether it is related to the amount of
stations connected and rectify the issue ASAP if required. The timeframe
of the test will be fine-tuned in the next coordination message based on
the progress of potential heavy rain and flooding. Please note that the
NWS Taunton office will be using all typical means to get reports
including VHF/UHF repeaters, 6 Meters, HF, Email, AOL Instant Messenger
and even voice Simplex if required as we’ve done for many years and
Friday Night is a test of the new VoIP system to determine if it is as
robust as the previous system and if not, fix the potential issue so it
can remain another valuable tool in the tool box for communications from
NWS Taunton.

The next coordination message will be issued by 830 AM Friday Morning.
Below are the Flood Watch Statement, Hydrologic Outlook and Hazardous
Weather Outlook from NWS Taunton:

 

WGUS61 KBOX 111802

FFABOX

 

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

202 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006

 

...HEAVY RAIN WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS

OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...

 

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-NHZ011-120215-

/O.NEW.KBOX.FA.A.0002.060512T1200Z-060513T2200Z/

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

HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-

EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-

WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-

SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-CHESHIRE NH-

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

VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...CHARLEMONT...GREENFIELD...

ORANGE...BARRE...FITCHBURG...CHESTERFIELD...BLANDFORD...AMHERST...

NORTHAMPTON...SPRINGFIELD...MILFORD...WORCESTER...JAFFREY...KEENE

202 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006

 

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY

AFTERNOON...

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

 

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL 

  MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW 

  HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN 

  CONNECTICUT...HARTFORD CT...TOLLAND CT AND WINDHAM CT IN 

  CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN WORCESTER MA AND SOUTHERN 

  WORCESTER MA IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN FRANKLIN MA...

  EASTERN HAMPDEN MA...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...WESTERN FRANKLIN 

  MA...WESTERN HAMPDEN MA AND WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA IN SOUTHERN 

  NEW HAMPSHIRE...CHESHIRE NH.

 

* FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

 

* RAIN WILL OVER SPREAD WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT FRIDAY

  MORNING REACHING SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS

  FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ONCE THE RAIN ARRIVES IT WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES

  AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES

  OF THE BERKSHIRES AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

 

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY

  WITH LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING UP TO 6 INCHES. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL

  BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR URBAN AS WELL AS SMALL STREAM AND RIVER
FLOODING.

 

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON

CURRENT FORECASTS.

 

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE

FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE

PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

 

$$

 

FRANK/JWD

 

FGUS71 KBOX 111850

ESFBOX

MAZ005>007-013>024-026-NHZ012-015-RIZ001>008-120900-

 

HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

250 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006

 

...HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY FROM THE MERRIMACK

VALLEY INTO EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND...

 

LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO STALL TO THE SOUTHWEST OF NEW ENGLAND

THIS WEEKEND AND WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN TO MUCH OF

THE REGION.

 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE FOCUSED NEAR THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY

FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...WHERE FLOOD WATCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN

POSTED. IT SHOULD THEN SHIFT INTO THE REST OF SOUTHWEST NEW

HAMPSHIRE...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND SATURDAY MORNING

AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY.

 

MOST LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN

BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF LATE SUNDAY. A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE

MERRIMACK VALLEY MAY PICK UP AS MUCH AS 5 OR 6 INCHES.

 

IT WOULD TAKE OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A LARGE AREA TO BEGIN MINOR

FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. FLOOD WATCHES

MAY BE EXPANDED FARTHER EAST IF THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN BECOMES

MORE CERTAIN.

 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR

THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

 

$$

 

JWD

 

FLUS41 KBOX 111840 AAA

HWOBOX

 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

240 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006

 

ANZ230>237-250-254-255-CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-

RIZ001>008-121100-

BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-

BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-

BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-

COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA

OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE

SANCTUARY-

COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA

OUT 20 NM-

COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS

VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-HARTFORD CT-

TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-

NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-

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

EASTERN HAMPSHIRE 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-

BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-

CHESHIRE NH-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-BLOCK ISLAND RI-

240 PM EDT THU MAY 11 2006

 

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN

CONNECTICUT...MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...

RHODE ISLAND AND THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS ADJACENT TO

SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

 

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN

AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS AND FAR SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE FROM 

FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. REFER TO THE STATEMENT 

FOR DETAILS.

 

HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT FROM 

THE MERRIMACK VALLEY INTO RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. 

FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE EXPANDED INTO THESE AREAS IN LATER FORECASTS.

 

GALE WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY 

NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

 

IN ADDITION...THE PERSISTENT EASTERLY FLOW WILL RESULT IN SEAS

BUILDING TO 10 TO 15 FT ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS OFF THE EAST COAST

OF MASSACHUSETTS LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. ASTRONOMICAL 

TIDES ARE LOW...SO ONLY MINOR SPLASHOVER IS EXPECTED FOR VULNERABLE 

AREAS ALONG THE COAST. BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN.

 

OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

 

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

 

SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO REPORT RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES OR 

GREATER AS WELL AS ANY FLOODING FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

 

$$

 

JWD

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)

ARES SKYWARN Coordinator

Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator