SKYWARN Newsletter #2
Hello to all,
Topics for this week of the SKYWARN Newsletter:
SKYWARN Documents Soon to be on the way via regular mail and email
SKYWARN Training Site Plans
Severe Weather strikes Southern New England on Aug 23rd and 24th
Tropics are Heating Up
SKYWARN Documents...
The SKYWARN documents are ready for distribution and I hope to send them
out via regular mail some time this week. I was unable to get them out by the
end of this week due to the Severe Weather events of Aug. 23rd and 24th.
To those who stated they wanted it by email that will be forthcoming
this week as well.
The following people please take note:
Roger Jeanfaivre-K1PAI
Gil Follett-WA1GDJ
Gary O'Kula-N3CLZ
Terry Stader-KA8SCP
Please help me keep people informed and send the SKYWARN documents to others
in your jurisdiction, particularly those that are on the SKYWARN Document
and other emergency communication types in the area.
SKYWARN Training Sites to be Organized...
Currently, I have been approached by the vice president of the Falmouth
Amateur Radio Association, Henry Brown, N1SNH, for training in that area
next spring. He already has a site and its a simple manner of a good
date for the training next spring.
I will be attempting to contact several people within NWS Taunton's
warning area of responsibility for training in the next two to three
weeks. Again, the goal is to have a set training schedule of 10-15
sites near or not too far past the Thursday January 16, 1997 SKYWARN
meeting, if Glenn Field's schedule allows. More information to follow
as I talk to Glenn Field and to people in the area.
Severe Weather Strikes Southern New England....
On Aug. 23rd and 24th, severe weather struck in two waves in Southern
New England. The first wave affected Western New England with damaging
winds in excess of 60 MPH, and .75 to near 1 inch sized hail.
The second wave of severe weather struck offshore of the South Coast
of Massachusetts. Block Island Rhode Island had winds in excess of 60
MPH, with a sailboat capsizing offshore. Also, data that I have just
received this morning from a station on Nantucket Island, and a station
who was portable on Cuttyhunk Island indicated that there was a confirmed
waterspout down offshore of Cuttyhunk. More details to follow as I
make contact with the spotter who reported it. This will be followed up
with a phone call to NWS or email to them for their research purposes.
Here's the Local Storm Report compiled through Saturday August 24th...
911
WWUS30 KBOS 240210
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0457 PM WESTFIELD MA 58 MPH TSTM GUST
08/23/96 HAMPDEN ALSO...WIRES TAKEN DOWN BY
A TREE ON COURT STREET AT
458 PM EDT. A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN
WAS KILLED AND 6 PEOPLE WERE
INJURED AT 930 PM...SEVERAL
HOURS AFTER THE STORM...WHEN
A LARGE TREE FELL ON A CROWD
GATHERED FOR A DOWNTOWN FOOD
FESTIVAL. THE TREE HAD BEEN
WEAKENED BY THE EARLIER STORM.
0507 PM HOLYOKE MA .75 INCH HAIL
08/23/96 HAMPDEN
0507 PM WEST SPRINGFIELD MA 60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/23/96 HAMPDEN
0514 PM WEST SPRINGFIELD MA .88 INCH HAIL
08/23/96 HAMPDEN
0600 PM STAFFORD CT WIND DAMAGE
08/23/96 TOLLAND WIRES DOWN NORTH OF
STAFFORD CENTER.
^
1125 AM BLOCK ISLAND RI 60 MPH WIND GUST
08/24/96 WASHINGTON REPORTED BY AWOS OBSERVATION
Tropics are Heating Up...
After Hurricane Dolly struck portions of Mexico as a category 1
hurricane, Hurricane Edouard has formed in the Tropical Atlantic and
is now a powerful Category 4 hurricane. While it is too early to say
if Edouard would impact Southern New England all interests should keep
abreast of advisorires, and start to formulate plans IF this storm were
to track near the Bahamas as many storms that track near there affect
our weather in some form later on.
Also, there was Tropical Depression 6 that formed and then dissipated
near the Cape Verde Islands and a new tropical wave that could become
a depression in the next couple of days. The tropics are heating up,
and SKYWARN must be prepared.
Here are the coordinates of Edouard through 2100 UTC.
DATE TIME LAT LONG WS PRES MOTION/SPEED
082196 2100 13.0 29.5 35 1007
082296 0300 13.1 30.8 35 1007 275 15
082296 0900 13.4 31.8 40 1005 287 12
082296 1500 13.6 33.4 45 1003 277 18
082296 2100 13.6 35.1 45 1003 270 19
082396 0300 13.8 36.4 50 1000 279 15
082396 0900 14.0 38.0 60 1000 277 18
082396 1500 13.9 39.1 70 989 265 12
082396 2100 13.9 40.7 75 987 270 18
082496 0300 14.2 41.6 75 987 289 11
082496 0900 14.3 42.8 80 982 275 13
082496 1500 14.5 44.2 105 970 278 16
082496 2100 14.7 45.5 115 960 279 15
082596 0300 15.3 46.4 140 942 305 12
082596 0900 15.7 47.6 145 935 289 14
082596 1500 16.1 49.0 145 935 289 14
082596 2100 16.8 50.4 145 935 289 15
That's all for this edition of the SKYWARN newsletter, if you have issues
or something that you want discussed in this newsletter, please let me
know.
73,Rob-KD1CY.
SKYWARN Training Coordinator
Greater New Bedford ARES Emergency Coordinator
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