SKYWARN Newsletter #128A
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ARES/RACES Response from Hurricane Floyd...
Hurricane Floyd Complete Coordinates...
Hurricane Gert Complete Coordinates...
Tropical Strom Harvey Complete Coordinates...
***Newsletter Issued: 9/26/99.
ARES/RACES Response from Hurricane Floyd...
The following information is provided by the ARRL Letter:
ARES/RACES CONTINUE FLOOD RESPONSE
Amateur Radio Emergency Service and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency
Service groups in North Carolina and Virginia continue efforts to
respond to flooding resulting from Hurricane Floyd.
North Carolina suffered its worst flooding disaster ever due to
Hurricane Floyd. "As far as I can tell, we're still on the uphill
slope," North Carolina Section Manager Reed Whitten, AB4W, said this
week. "There's no reason to believe things will get better soon."
Whitten estimated that upwards of 300 amateurs statewide are actively
involved in the Hurricane Floyd response. Whitten said hams are
staffing EOCs and shelters, handling traffic, and acting as net control
stations, as well as supporting outside relief efforts by the Red
Cross, the Salvation Army, and others.
"Amateur Radio Emergency Service/RACES is providing backup
communications between the eight Southern Baptist Convention mobile
kitchens and the American Red Cross to support their joint feeding
efforts," Whitten said Thursday. He said the Red Cross also enlisted
Amateur Radio technical assistance in locating a site for and
installing a Red Cross UHF repeater system. "This system, using Red
Cross equipment, should be operational early next week," Whitten said.
The American Red Cross currently is housing some 6000 people in 65
shelters in North Carolina, and hams also are providing communication
for evacuees. The Salvation Army is operating mobile feeding units and
one shelter.
Relief operators continue to be scheduled to travel into hard-hit
Edgecombe County. Amateur Radio operators also are providing
communication for the State Emergency Operation Center in Raleigh and
in Pitt, Edgecombe, Craven, Hertford and other counties. Amateurs from
North and South Carolina have traveled to the affected area to assist.
Most of the problems result from flooding of the Tar, Neuse, Cape Fear,
and Lumber, rivers in eastern North Carolina. The town of Tarboro was
completely cut off by the flooding of the Tar River, and relief workers
have had to be transported in and out via helicopter.
While most amateur traffic is being handled on VHF and UHF, the
statewide Tar Heel Emergency Net on HF is operating from 8 AM until
midnight to support state and county operations. Whitten has requested
that the FCC rescind the voluntary communications emergency for 3923
and 7232 kHz in North Carolina.
To the north, Virginia Section Manager Lynn Gahagan, AF4CD, reports the
City of Franklin--near the North Carolina border--has experienced its
worst flooding ever with the downtown area and businesses under more
than 12 feet of water. Nearly all traffic going in and out of
Franklin--including police and fire communication--is being handled by
ham radio. He said hams were using VHF and repeaters for the most part,
and he predicted telephone service could be out for another couple of
weeks or more.
ARES/RACES officials in North Carolina and Virginia have requested that
prospective volunteers first sign up with ARES officials. In North
Carolina, contact SM Reed Whitten, AB4W, at ab4w@arrl.org. In Virginia,
contact SM Lynn Gahagan, AF4CD, at 757-545-1290, or the Virginia
Department of Emergency Services at vaeoc@w4za.ampr.org. In no case
should volunteers in either state attempt to travel to stricken areas
without being specifically requested to do so.
Elsewhere, the Southern Florida ARES Net activated on HF as Tropical
Storm Harvey brushed Southern Florida Monday and Tuesday. Assistant SEC
and Net Manager Jim Goldsberry, KD4GR, reports more than 400 people
took advantage of Red Cross shelters in Pinellas County overnight.
Other shelters were open in Lee and Polk counties. The EOC was staffed
in Highlands County.
The Hurricane Watch Net activated this week for Hurricane Gert. Net
Control Station Mike Pilgrim, K5MP, said Hurricane Gert passed to the
east of Bermuda leaving only minor damage. The Net closed after it
became clear that Tropical Storm Harvey had ceased to be a threat.
Hurricane Floyd Complete Coordinates...
Here are complete coordinates on Hurricane Floyd, the menacing Category
4 Hurricane that caused extensive damage to the Bahama Islands,
tropical storm force conditions to Florida, and made landfall as
a Category III Hurricane in Eastern North Carolina, causing wind
damage and very extensive river and stream flooding from North Carolina
to New Jersey, and then caused tropical storm force conditons and
flooding to New York and Southern New England. Here are the complete
coordinates on Floyd, all wind speeds given in knots.
Date: 07-17 SEP 1999
Hurricane FLOYD
ADV LAT LON TIME WIND PR STAT
1 14.60 -46.20 09/07/21Z 25 1008 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
2 15.20 -47.50 09/08/03Z 30 1007 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
3 15.60 -49.10 09/08/09Z 35 1005 TROPICAL STORM
4 15.80 -50.00 09/08/15Z 40 1003 TROPICAL STORM
5 16.60 -51.70 09/08/21Z 45 1000 TROPICAL STORM
6 16.70 -53.60 09/09/03Z 50 1000 TROPICAL STORM
7 17.30 -54.60 09/09/09Z 50 1003 TROPICAL STORM
8 17.20 -55.50 09/09/15Z 50 1003 TROPICAL STORM
9 18.20 -56.90 09/09/21Z 60 996 TROPICAL STORM
9A 18.20 -57.20 09/10/00Z 60 995 TROPICAL STORM
10 18.30 -57.70 09/10/03Z 60 995 TROPICAL STORM
10A 18.40 -58.40 09/10/06Z 60 995 TROPICAL STORM
11 18.90 -58.70 09/10/09Z 60 985 TROPICAL STORM
11A 19.10 -58.90 09/10/12Z 70 989 HURRICANE-1
12 19.30 -59.20 09/10/15Z 70 989 HURRICANE-1
12A 19.90 -59.70 09/10/18Z 70 989 HURRICANE-1
13 20.50 -60.00 09/10/21Z 70 975 HURRICANE-1
13A 20.80 -60.40 09/11/00Z 75 971 HURRICANE-1
14 21.10 -60.80 09/11/03Z 80 971 HURRICANE-1
15 21.70 -61.60 09/11/09Z 90 963 HURRICANE-2
16 22.20 -62.40 09/11/15Z 95 962 HURRICANE-2
17 22.70 -63.50 09/11/21Z 95 966 HURRICANE-2
18 22.70 -64.50 09/12/03Z 95 967 HURRICANE-2
19 22.80 -65.90 09/12/09Z 95 960 HURRICANE-2
20 23.00 -66.60 09/12/15Z 105 955 HURRICANE-3
20A 23.20 -67.50 09/12/18Z 105 955 HURRICANE-3
21 23.40 -68.20 09/12/21Z 110 940 HURRICANE-3
21A 23.50 -68.70 09/13/00Z 125 932 HURRICANE-4
22 23.60 -69.30 09/13/03Z 125 931 HURRICANE-4
22A 23.60 -70.00 09/13/06Z 130 923 HURRICANE-4
23 23.70 -70.60 09/13/09Z 135 922 HURRICANE-4
23A 23.90 -71.40 09/13/12Z 135 921 HURRICANE-4
24 24.10 -72.10 09/13/15Z 135 921 HURRICANE-4
24A 24.20 -73.00 09/13/18Z 135 926 HURRICANE-4
25 24.20 -73.70 09/13/21Z 135 923 HURRICANE-4
25A 24.40 -74.10 09/14/00Z 135 924 HURRICANE-4
26 24.50 -74.70 09/14/03Z 135 924 HURRICANE-4
26A 24.90 -75.30 09/14/06Z 135 928 HURRICANE-4
27 25.10 -75.90 09/14/09Z 135 927 HURRICANE-4
27A 25.40 -76.20 09/14/12Z 130 929 HURRICANE-4
28 25.70 -76.80 09/14/15Z 125 932 HURRICANE-4
28A 26.00 -77.00 09/14/18Z 120 933 HURRICANE-4
29 26.50 -77.40 09/14/21Z 120 929 HURRICANE-4
29A 27.10 -77.60 09/15/00Z 120 934 HURRICANE-4
30 27.70 -77.90 09/15/03Z 120 933 HURRICANE-4
30A 28.20 -78.50 09/15/06Z 120 935 HURRICANE-4
31 28.80 -78.80 09/15/09Z 120 938 HURRICANE-4
31A 29.30 -78.80 09/15/12Z 115 941 HURRICANE-4
32 29.90 -79.00 09/15/15Z 110 943 HURRICANE-3
32A 30.30 -79.10 09/15/17Z 110 946 HURRICANE-3
32B 30.80 -79.10 09/15/19Z 105 947 HURRICANE-3
33 31.30 -79.00 09/15/21Z 100 949 HURRICANE-3
33A 32.10 -78.70 09/15/23Z 100 949 HURRICANE-3
33B 32.40 -78.60 09/16/01Z 100 950 HURRICANE-3
34 32.90 -78.30 09/16/03Z 100 952 HURRICANE-3
34A 33.30 -78.10 09/16/05Z 95 952 HURRICANE-2
34B 34.00 -77.90 09/16/07Z 95 955 HURRICANE-2
35 34.50 -77.60 09/16/09Z 90 956 HURRICANE-2
35A 35.20 -77.10 09/16/11Z 85 960 HURRICANE-2
35B 36.00 -76.60 09/16/13Z 80 962 HURRICANE-1
36 36.80 -76.00 09/16/15Z 70 967 HURRICANE-1
36A 37.80 -75.20 09/16/18Z 65 974 HURRICANE-1
37 39.30 -74.60 09/16/21Z 55 974 TROPICAL STORM
38 41.70 -72.20 09/17/03Z 50 980 TROPICAL STORM
38A 42.60 -71.80 09/16/06Z 50 984 TROPICAL STORM
39 43.50 -70.80 09/17/09Z 50 984 TROPICAL STORM
Hurricane Gert Complete Coordinates...
Hurricane Gert recurved out into the open Atlantic and caused
tropical storm conditions with gusts to hurricane force on Bermuda
Island causing some damage and power outages to the island. Gert
then caused tropical storm to hurricane force wind gusts across
Southern Newfoundland Canada near the Avalon Peninsula region before
becoming extratropical in the Open North Atlantic Ocean. Here are the
complete coordinates on Gert, all wind speeds given in knots.
Date: 11-23 SEP 1999
Hurricane GERT
ADV LAT LON TIME WIND PR STAT
1 12.30 -24.70 09/11/15Z 30 1004 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
2 13.10 -26.80 09/11/21Z 30 1004 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
3 13.10 -28.50 09/12/03Z 30 1004 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
4 13.30 -30.10 09/12/09Z 30 1004 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
5 14.00 -32.80 09/12/15Z 35 1001 TROPICAL STORM
6 14.60 -34.70 09/12/21Z 55 996 TROPICAL STORM
7 15.10 -36.30 09/13/03Z 60 994 TROPICAL STORM
8 15.30 -38.10 09/13/09Z 60 990 TROPICAL STORM
9 16.10 -40.10 09/13/15Z 65 987 HURRICANE-1
10 16.00 -41.60 09/13/21Z 75 979 HURRICANE-1
11 16.30 -42.70 09/14/03Z 75 979 HURRICANE-1
12 16.70 -43.90 09/14/09Z 90 970 HURRICANE-2
13 17.10 -45.30 09/14/15Z 90 970 HURRICANE-2
14 17.20 -46.50 09/14/21Z 100 960 HURRICANE-3
15 17.30 -47.30 09/15/03Z 110 952 HURRICANE-3
16 17.60 -48.50 09/15/09Z 110 952 HURRICANE-3
17 17.60 -49.50 09/15/15Z 115 948 HURRICANE-4
18 17.60 -50.70 09/15/21Z 130 930 HURRICANE-4
19 17.90 -51.20 09/16/03Z 130 933 HURRICANE-4
20 18.10 -52.20 09/16/09Z 125 941 HURRICANE-4
21 18.30 -52.90 09/16/15Z 125 941 HURRICANE-4
22 18.80 -53.90 09/16/21Z 115 941 HURRICANE-4
23 19.40 -54.60 09/17/03Z 115 941 HURRICANE-4
24 19.70 -55.70 09/17/09Z 120 942 HURRICANE-4
25 20.20 -56.30 09/17/15Z 120 944 HURRICANE-4
26 20.50 -56.80 09/17/21Z 115 952 HURRICANE-4
27 21.30 -57.10 09/18/03Z 110 950 HURRICANE-3
28 22.20 -57.40 09/18/09Z 110 955 HURRICANE-3
29 22.60 -57.90 09/18/15Z 105 960 HURRICANE-3
30 23.20 -58.10 09/18/21Z 105 960 HURRICANE-3
31 24.00 -58.50 09/19/03Z 110 955 HURRICANE-3
32 24.30 -58.90 09/19/09Z 115 948 HURRICANE-4
33 24.90 -59.50 09/19/15Z 115 955 HURRICANE-4
34 25.90 -60.40 09/19/21Z 115 950 HURRICANE-4
34A 26.30 -60.80 09/20/00Z 115 950 HURRICANE-4
35 26.50 -61.10 09/20/03Z 115 955 HURRICANE-4
35A 26.80 -61.40 09/20/06Z 115 955 HURRICANE-4
36 27.30 -61.80 09/20/09Z 110 955 HURRICANE-3
36A 27.70 -62.00 09/20/12Z 105 965 HURRICANE-3
37 27.90 -62.30 09/20/15Z 105 960 HURRICANE-3
37A 28.30 -62.50 09/20/18Z 105 960 HURRICANE-3
38 28.60 -62.90 09/20/21Z 105 948 HURRICANE-3
38A 29.10 -62.80 09/21/00Z 100 948 HURRICANE-3
39 29.60 -62.80 09/21/03Z 95 960 HURRICANE-2
39A 30.00 -62.80 09/21/06Z 95 955 HURRICANE-2
40 30.50 -62.80 09/21/09Z 95 954 HURRICANE-2
40A 31.10 -62.60 09/21/12Z 95 954 HURRICANE-2
41 31.70 -62.50 09/21/15Z 95 955 HURRICANE-2
41A 32.60 -62.30 09/21/18Z 90 957 HURRICANE-2
42 33.40 -61.90 09/21/21Z 90 960 HURRICANE-2
44 37.20 -60.00 09/22/09Z 75 979 HURRICANE-1
45 39.50 -58.70 09/22/15Z 75 967 HURRICANE-1
46 41.30 -57.00 09/22/21Z 75 975 HURRICANE-1
47 43.70 -55.40 09/23/03Z 70 965 HURRICANE-1
48 45.70 -53.60 09/23/09Z 60 967 TROPICAL STORM
49 47.70 -50.70 09/23/15Z 60 975 TROPICAL STORM
Tropical Strom Harvey Complete Coordinates...
Tropical Storm Harvey formed in the Gulf of Mexico and made
landfall in Southern Florida causing some wind damage but
its main threat was from heavy rain and flooding. Harvey
merged into a cold front after it made landfall in Florida.
Here are the complete coordinates on Harvey, all wind speeds
given in knots:
Date: 19-22 SEP 1999
Tropical Storm HARVEY
ADV LAT LON TIME WIND PR STAT
1 24.90 -88.00 09/19/10Z 30 1005 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
2 26.10 -87.70 09/19/15Z 30 1004 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
3 26.10 -87.80 09/19/21Z 30 1004 TROPICAL DEPRESSION
4 26.10 -87.60 09/20/03Z 40 1002 TROPICAL STORM
4A 26.20 -87.50 09/20/06Z 40 1002 TROPICAL STORM
5 26.30 -87.30 09/20/09Z 40 1001 TROPICAL STORM
5A 26.90 -86.20 09/20/12Z 40 1000 TROPICAL STORM
6 27.10 -85.90 09/20/15Z 45 998 TROPICAL STORM
6A 27.10 -85.60 09/20/18Z 50 996 TROPICAL STORM
7 27.00 -85.40 09/20/21Z 50 998 TROPICAL STORM
7A 27.20 -84.80 09/21/00Z 50 996 TROPICAL STORM
8 27.10 -84.20 09/21/03Z 50 995 TROPICAL STORM
8A 26.60 -84.00 09/21/06Z 50 997 TROPICAL STORM
9 26.40 -83.50 09/21/09Z 45 995 TROPICAL STORM
9A 26.00 -82.80 09/21/12Z 45 996 TROPICAL STORM
10 25.80 -82.00 09/21/15Z 45 996 TROPICAL STORM
10A 25.80 -81.50 09/21/18Z 45 1000 TROPICAL STORM
11 26.30 -80.50 09/21/21Z 45 999 TROPICAL STORM
12 27.50 -77.20 09/22/03Z 35 999 TROPICAL STORM
That's all for this edition of the SKYWARN newsletter, comments,
questions,and/or suggestions are always welcome. The next
SKYWARN Newsletter will be posted in the October 3rd-4th, 1999
timeframe.
Respectfully Submitted,
Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
SEMCARES 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@pop.ma.ultranet.com
Packet Address: KD1CY @ AA1FS
http://www.ultranet.com/~rmacedo
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