[HCRA] (no subject)

Fri May 12 08:58:18 EDT 2006

Hello to all….

…..Heavy Rainfall and the Potential for Minor to Possibly Pockets of
Moderate Flooding Remain Possible for Much of Southern New England. Flood
Watches Expanded Eastward….

…..A Flood Watch is now in effect from this evening through late Saturday
Night for Hillsborough County New Hampshire, Eastern Massachusetts from
Norfolk County Northward including the Greater Boston area and Northwest
Rhode Island….

…..A Flood Watch continues for Southwest New Hampshire, Central and
Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut from 8 AM Friday through
late Saturday Night….

…..Potential for 2-4” of rain with isolated amounts as high as 6” remain
a threat in the Flood Watch area. Outside the flood watch area 1-3” of
rain is possible….

…..Amateur Radio VoIP New England Network/Reflector Test set for 730 PM
EDT Friday Evening….

…..SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton is Possible anytime during
the Flood Watch timeframe especially on Saturday and possibly Sunday….

Heavy Rainfall and the potential for mintor to possibly pockets of
moderate flooding remain a threat for the region. The Flood Watch has
been expanded to include Northeast Massachusetts from Norfolk County
northward through South-Central New Hampshire as well as Northwest Rhode
Island for this evening through late Saturday Night and the Flood Watch
continues for Southeast New Hampshire, Central and Western Massachusetts
and Northern Connecticut from 8 AM through late Saturday Night. At 745
AM, Doppler Radar showed a conveyor of heavy rain just beginning to work
its way into the Connecticut River Valley. The precipitation is moving
east as the conveyor belt of rain moves Northwest off the ocean. Heavy
rain will spread into the Connecticut River Valley this morning and
Central Massachusetts around midday with the heavy rain spreading
eastward into Rhode Island and Eastern Massachusetts this evening.

In the Flood Watch area, the potential remains for 2-4” of rainfall with
amounts as high as 6” possible. It is not clear where the heaviest axis
of rainfall will occur. Some models are calling for the heaviest rain in
Northeast Massachusetts and the Merrimack River Valley while others are
focusing the heaviest rainfall on Central Massachusetts and Northern
Rhode Island. As we get closer to the event, these details will become
more clear. Outside the Flood Watch area, 1-3” of rain is possible with
the lesser amounts over Cape Cod and the Islands.

SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton is possible anytime during the
Flood Watch timeframe especially on Saturday and possibly Sunday but
could occur as early as Friday Night. The situation will be monitored
closely.

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 at 730 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 posted by 1130 PM this evening
unless formal Ops at NWS Taunton occurs this evening. If that occurs, a
short message will be issued stating formal Ops has been requested and
the next coordination message will be preempted. Below is the Flood Watch
statement and the Hazardous Weather Outlook from NWS Taunton:

WGUS61 KBOX 120838

FFABOX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

438 AM EDT FRI MAY 12 2006

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

OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...

MAZ005>007-013>016-026-NHZ012-015-RIZ001-121645-

/O.EXB.KBOX.FA.A.0002.060513T0000Z-060514T1000Z/

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

CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-

WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SUFFOLK MA-

EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-

WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRAMINGHAM...LOWELL...LAWRENCE...

GLOUCESTER...FOXBORO...NORWOOD...CAMBRIDGE...BOSTON...QUINCY...

AYER...MANCHESTER...NASHUA...PETERBOROUGH...WEARE...FOSTER...

SMITHFIELD

438 AM EDT FRI MAY 12 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY

NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

  NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NORTHERN RHODE

  ISLAND...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN EASTERN

  MASSACHUSETTS...MIDDLESEX...NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK...IN NORTHEAST

  MASSACHUSETTS...ESSEX...IN SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...HILLSBOROUGH...

  AND IN NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND...NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT

* RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT THIS

  MORNING...REACHING SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL

  MASSACHUSETTS THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE RAIN ARRIVES...IT WILL FALL

  HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE OFF AN ON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...

  PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS AND THE MONADNOCKS OF

  SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

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

  WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS

  AND THE MONADNOCKS OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 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.

$$

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>004-008>012-NHZ011-121645-

/O.EXT.KBOX.FA.A.0002.060512T1200Z-060514T1000Z/

/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

438 AM EDT FRI MAY 12 2006

...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH

LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN

  MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING

  COUNTIES...IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...HARTFORD...TOLLAND AND

  WINDHAM...IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...WORCESTER...IN WESTERN

  MASSACHUSETTS...FRANKLIN...HAMPDEN...HAMPSHIRE...AND IN SOUTHERN

  NEW HAMPSHIRE...CHESHIRE.

* FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT

* RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT THIS

  MORNING...REACHING SOUTHWEST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND CENTRAL

  MASSACHUSETTS THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE RAIN ARRIVES...IT WILL FALL

  HEAVY AT TIMES AND CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...

  PARTICULARLY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES AND THE HIGHER

  TERRAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

  WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 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.

$$

BELK/KJC

FLUS41 KBOX 121048

HWOBOX

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

648 AM EDT FRI MAY 12 2006

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

RIZ001>008-131100-

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-

648 AM EDT FRI MAY 12 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN

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

ISLAND...AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

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

NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS...EXCEPT

FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTION. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH

STATEMENT /BOSFFABOX/ FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

GALE WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED FOR A MARGINAL EVENT SATURDAY ACROSS THE

COASTAL WATERS EAST OF MASSACHUSETTS.

IN ADDITION...THE PERSISTENT EAST WIND FLOW WILL RESULT IN SEAS

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

OF MASSACHUSETTS LATE TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. ASTRONOMICAL TIDES

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

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

ANOTHER POTENTIAL ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT

NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LESS THAN THE

RAINFALL THIS WEEKEND...AND OVER A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS WELL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES OR GREATER...AS WELL AS

ANY FLOODING TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

$$

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)

ARES SKYWARN Coordinator

Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator