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..Strong Winds to Affect South Coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island late Saturday Afternoon through early Sunday Morning as colder air moves into the region today through early Sunday Morning..
..A Wind Advisory is in effect for South Coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island including Cape Cod and the Islands from 4 PM Saturday through 5 AM Sunday for sustained winds 25-35 MPH with gusts 45-50 MPH. The strongest winds are expected between 4 to 10 PM this afternoon and evening..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation will be utilized over the South Coast Region to monitor for wind gusts 45 MPH or greater and any isolated to scattered pockets of wind damage that may occur. This will be the only coordination message on this event unless a significant upgrade to the situation occurs. Below is the NWS Taunton Wind Advisory Statement and Hazardous Weather Outlook..

NWS Taunton Wind Advisory Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus71.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator       
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
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..Period of Heavy rainfall and potential urban/poor drainage flooding with the chance for an isolated to scatterd strong to severe thunderstorm with strong to damaging winds especially this Friday Afternoon and Evening..
..SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton possible Friday Afternoon and Evening..

At 750 AM Doppler Radar, showed scattered showers and a couple heavier downpours with the most coverage of showers over West-Central Connecticut and extreme Western Massachusetts and other scattered showers with a heavier downpour or two over South-Central and Eastern Massachusetts and North-Central Rhode Island. Radar shows a break in the precipitation with an area of rainfall a few hundred miles offshore that will likely move into Southern New England towards midday and early afternoon lasting into the evening. It is that area of rain that could produce more widespread heavier downpours capable of urban and poor drainage flooding with the possibility of an isolated to scattered strong to severe thunderstorm capable of strong to damaging winds. For the morning, activity will be in the form of scattered light to moderate rain showers with a heavier downpour or two possible.

SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton are possible this Friday Afternoon and Evening. This will be the last complete coordination message on today’s event. A shortened coordination message will be issued if time allows and Ops at NWS Taunton are initiated. Below is the NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook and the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Day-1 Convective Outlook:

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

SPC Day-1 Convective Outlook:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator       
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://beta.wx1box.org

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..A period of Heavy Rainfall will affect portions of Central and Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island this morning through midday. This could result in minor urban and poor drainage flooding during the morning commute through midday..
..Another potential for heavy rainfall, urban/poor drainage flooding and possibly even isolated strong to severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and heavy rainfall as the primary threats could occur late Friday Afternoon and Evening in the region. Further details on the Friday event will be posted in a coordination message this evening..
..SKYWARN self-activation will monitor rainfall totals and any flooding reports this morning and Ops at NWS are not anticipated today. SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton are possible Friday. Below is the NWS Taunton Special Weather Statement and Hazardous Weather Outlook and SPC Day-2 Convective Outlook:

NWS Taunton Special Weather Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus81.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

SPC Day-2 Convective Outlook:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day2otlk.html

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator       
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://beta.wx1box.org

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The following serves as a reminder and special announcement on the Southern New England Weather Conference for Saturday October 22nd, 2011. Registration is open until one week before the conference. See link below for all details on the conference and the registration:

http://beta.wx1box.org/node/1352

We hope to see many of you at the weather conference. Thanks to all for their support!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator       
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://beta.wx1box.org

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..Unexpected Significant Flash Flood Event Hammered the North Shore of Massachusetts Tuesday Morning closing schools and resulting in a state of emergency in the city of Peabody, Massachusetts. Swampscott, Salem, Lynn, Marblehead and Beverly Massachusetts also sustained significant flash flooding..
..Rainfall amounts between 2 and 6 inches occurred in the hardest hit areas of the North Shore. Much of which falling in a 2 hour period near morning rush hour. Isolated hail and even one wind damage report was noted with the activity..
..SKYWARN Self-Activated in the 145.470-Danvers Repeater and on the New England Reflector *NEW-ENG* echolink conference node: 9123/IRLP 9123 system and gathered many reports during the event. The short fused nature and time of day the incident occurred precluded an email coordination message to the SKYWARN email list..
..Below is a note sent by Eastern Massachusetts Assistant ARES Section Emergency Coordinator and North Shore Assistant SKYWARN Coordiantor, Jim Palmer-KB1KQW to North Shore ARES/SKYWARN volunteers edited for the generality of the NWS Taunton SKYWARN email list..

We wanted to take a moment to thank all those ARES/SKYWARN stations that checked into the net this morning to provide reports of flooding, rainfall totals, even hail and wind damage. While this event was certainly not expected, we reacted as quickly as possible and provided valuable reports to the National Weather Service in Taunton to verify their warnings on the ground. Late this morning, we received a note from one of the meteorologists at NWS-Taunton also thanking us for our quick reaction and numerous reports. An up to date Local Storm Report and Public Information Statement can be found here:

Local Storm Report: http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KBOX/1110050124.nwus51.html
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.nwus51.KBOX.html

Public Information Statement: http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KBOX/1110050132.nous41.html
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.nous41.KBOX.html

If you have any remaining pictures or video, please send them to pics@nsradio.org and we will add them to our collection. Credit will be given to the spotter when forwarding to media, emergency management, and the National Weather Service unless otherwise noted.

Thanks again to all for their continued help and support of North Shore ARES/SKYWARN and the NWS Taunton SKYWARN program!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: 508-346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://beta.wx1box.org

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