Dolly Numbers Are In From AEP - Amazing Statistics & Logisitics
Sunday, September 21st, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, M.A.R.S. | Comments OffThe Corpus Christi Caller-Times is reporting AEP's logistical numbers for Hurricane Dolly support. The story is on their web site and pretty amazing especially when you think of all the manpower and machines that went into restoring our power here ...
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS HAMS PREP FOR IKE ARRIVAL
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffMonday Evening September 8, 2008 --- 8:30 p.m. To: All Cameron County Ham Radio Support Team Members From: K5REW - STARS/SPARCS Cameron County EMCOMM Coordinator Subject: IKE as of Monday night - Elevated Condition 3 Wishful thinking had the storm moving farther north as ...
HURRICANE DOLLY EMCOMM: The Real Story
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SHARES, RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffRio Grande Valley Hurricane Dolly After Action Report From K5REW Former DEC District 3 ARES South Texas Section August 5, 2008 Although a couple of active hams who are key stations in the local EmComm plan and the subsequent Dolly operations were severely affected by the ...
TS DOLLY INFORMATION AS OF SUNDAY / EARLY MONDAY
Sunday, July 20th, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SHARES, M.A.R.S., RACES | Comments OffPLEASE REMAIN ALERT FOR UPDATES AND DEVELOPMENTS. AS OF SUN JULY 20th 11:30 p.m. there will be morning conference calls across the State to determine the next phase of planning and preparation for possible arrival of a CAT 1 or ...
Deadliest & Costliest Texas Hurricanes (20th Century)
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SHARES, M.A.R.S., SPARCS | Comments OffHurricane Year Category Storm Deaths Galveston 1900 4 6,000 Corpus Christi/Keys 1919 4 600* Audrey (Sabine Pass) 1957 4 390 Galveston 1915 4 275 Carla (Port O'Connor) 1961 4 46 Velasco 1909 3 41 Freeport 1932 4 40 Brownsville 1933 3 40 *More than 500 of 600-900 estimated deaths lost on ships at sea. The Texas estimate of deaths was 284. Sources: National Hurricane Center, Texas Weather by George Bomar Hurricane Year Category Storm Damage Alicia (San Luis Pass) 1983 3 $3 billion Allen (Port Mansfield) 1980 3 $600 million Allison 1989 Tropical ...
Hurricane Center Director Joins WX4NHC Annual Test
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffDuring the test, NHC Director Bill Read, KB5FYA, addressed the Amateur Radio community on the VoIP Hurricane Net and on the Hurricane Watch Net. Read spoke about the importance of Amateur Radio in hurricane-related disasters and thanked Amateur Radio operators ...
NOAA Predicts Normal or Above Normal Hurricane Season
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SHARES, M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffThe Climate Prediction Center outlook calls for considerable activity with a 65 percent probability of an above normal season and a 25 percent probability of a near normal season. This means there is a 90 percent chance of a near ...
Local Skywarn Net Brings Needed Rain To Rio Grande
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffWA5ZIP activated Skwyarn at 2:10 p.m. on Sunday April 27, 2008 as severe thunderstorms began to develop along the border and lower Rio Grande Valley. Although no physical damage has been determined by this afternoon's frontal passing, people all over ...
6 Brand New National Weather Service Ham Operators!
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffRio Grande Valley ham radio operators are now welcoming 6 new hams to the Amateur Radio Service fraternity this week! Congratulations for passing the exam go to Nezette, Barry, Geoff, Joe, Jason, and Robert all NWS employees who decided it was ...
TEXAS HAMS HAVE SIMPLIFIED LICENSE PLATE RENEWAL
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffThe Special Registration Branch of the Texas Department of Transportation has confirmed that Texas amateur radio license plates ("Radio Operator") will now have a combined registration and special plate renewal notice beginning with March 2008 renewals. Licensed amateur radio operators will ...
HAMS GET 1st VALLEY SKYWARN ACTIVATION OF 2008
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffTuesday Feburary 12 was the first Skywarn Ham Radio Storm Spotter net of this year as a result of a line of thunderstorms moving down from Corpus Christi and primarily affecting Cameron County. "Last night's net was a good check-out ...
Ham Operator Is New Boss At Hurricane Center Miami
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SHARES, M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffVeteran meteorologist Bill Read, KB5FYA, was named the new director of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Tropical Prediction Center, which includes the National Hurricane Center (NHC) earlier this month. Read had served as the Center's acting deputy director ...
Hurricane Predictions Miss Their Mark… Again.
Monday, November 26th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffHurricane season ends this Friday November 30th and for the second year in a row the predictions weren't in synch with what happened. ''The seasonal hurricane forecasters certainly have a lot of explaining to do,'' said Max Mayfield, former director ...
Sign-Up Now! Skywarn Recognition Day December 1st
Monday, November 19th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffFrequently Asked Questions about SKYWARN Recognition Day (Click Here For The Link To The PDF File) TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS YEAR'S SKYWARN RECOGNITION DAY (open to all Hams and no membership in any organization required) please contact Andy Treat KF0MP via email ...
KK5CA Jerry Reimer Resigns A Long & Successful S.E.C.
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffThink where you were in the Spring of 2004, not quite four years ago. That was when N5NAV asked me to become the Section Emergency Coordinator for South Texas. I recently told Ray that I was not interested in another ...
Thank You KVMV “FM 96 Nine” For A Wonderful Year
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffLooking back so far on 2007 there is one thing hams in the Rio Grande Valley are very thankful for and that's our new ARES repeater now operating on 146.70 MHz. After thanking the Hams of S.T.A.R.S. (South Texas Amateur ...
NWS Storm-Based Warnings Start On Oct 1, 2007
Thursday, September 27th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BEGIN ISSUING STORM-BASED WEATHER ALERT, MEDIA AND PUBLIC WARNINGS BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 1, 2007. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT OVER THE OLD "COUNTY BASED" WARNING METHODS WE WERE USED TO BEFORE NOW. Rio Grande ...
NWS Brownsville Skywarn Operations Upgraded
Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffShortly after noon time on September 15th KB5TMC, K5VC and W8ELV reported to the National Weather Service Office in Brownsville to assist KE5AWU Brian Miller in unpacking and installing the new Skywarn Radio, a Kenwood TS-570SG HF radio and re-route ...
ARES Reports From The Field - Hurricane Humberto
Friday, September 14th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffARES DAILY SITUATION REPORT: ARES, South Texas section --------------------------------------------------------- DATE/TIME: 09/13/07, 14:50Z Message Number: 002 1. Incident Type: Hurricane Humberto 2. Reporting Period: September 13 1200-1800 local 3. Supported Clients & Locations: Orange Co. EOC - Orange, Texas 4. NUMBER OF ARES OPERATORS - 2 4a. Currently ...
EmComm, It’s What Ham Radio Is All About
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SHARES, M.A.R.S., RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffThis last month's QST magazine (Sept 2007 Issue) was a classic issue for all times if you missed it. All about Emergency Communications. If you don't think emergency communications is important, watch how long Ham Radio survives as we know it today, ...
Hurricane Felix Bye-Bye
Monday, September 3rd, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffAlthough the Texas Department of Emergency Management will continue to monitor, as well as Task Force 1 and Texas Military Forces with Alamo Unified Command and Control and FEMA ERT-A team arriving to Austin, there are fresh boots on the ...
“WXSpots” Free Skywarn Reporting Software Available
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffWXSpots, a new tool in the tool chest for SkyWarn operations and weather enthusiasts is now available! WXSpots is a free, Internet based system designed to quickly disseminate observed reports of severe weather. WXSpots is not intended to replace Amateur ...
K5RAV - The Clear Choice For Vice Director, West Gulf!
Thursday, August 30th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, RACES, SPARCS | Comments OffTo: All Fellow ARRL Members in Texas and Oklahoma From: K5REW, ARES District Emergency Coordinator West Gulf Division - South Texas Section, District 3 ARES I'm asking you to vote for Dr. Dave Woolweaver, K5RAV to continue as Vice Director of the ...
“Mean Dean” Cause For High Stakes Readiness
Sunday, August 26th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | Comments OffFirst it was Tropical Storm "Erin" that kicked off the 2007 hurricane season in the Rio Grande Valley. No sooner than Erin puffed ashore then "DEAN" emerge from Hurricane Alley and set sights on South Padre Island, Brownsville and the Rio ...
HUREX 2007 PREPARATION EXERCISE HELD APRIL 10
Sunday, July 29th, 2007 Posted in SKYWARN, SPARCS | No Comments »ARES members were invited by the City of Brownsville EOC to attend the all day preparation seminar for this summer’s HUREX 2007. The seminar required EOC managers and Government Officials from all over Cameron County to evacuate the 2-1-1 sign ...
