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Hurricane Fiona – Hurricane Watch Net

Update from the Hurricane Watch Net…

Overnight, Fiona grew into a powerful Cat 4 Hurricane with sustained winds of 135 mph. As of the 5:00 PM EDT (2100 UTC) Advisory 30, Fiona was located at 25.6N 71.5W or about 615 miles (990 km) southwest of Bermuda and about 1385 miles (2225 km) south-southwest of Halifax Nova Scotia. Maximum sustained winds were 130 mph (215 km/h) and present movement was 10 degrees at 9 mph (15 km/h). The minimum central pressure … Read the rest

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Hurricane Ida – Louisiana ARRL Section SITREP 18

Louisiana Situation Report 13 – 2021 – 8

Hurricane Ida

Many of us are following the recovery efforts in Louisiana following Hurricane Ida’s landfall. Please find below the situation report submitted by Louisiana SEC James Coleman. This is specifically useful to ClayARES stations anticipating future deployment situations.


600 PM CDT Wednesday September 8 2021

Here is an update (Changes in Yellow)

Parishes Impacted

Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, Read the rest

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Tropical Depression Mindy

Mindy was downgraded to a tropical depression at 5 AM this morning and will continue to move quickly east-northeast today and off the southeast Georgia coast later today.  The main lingering impacts from this system will be locally heavy rainfall, wind gusts of 30-40 mph, and a very low potential for a tornado over northeast FL this morning. Additional information is in our briefing, linked below. 

PDF briefing link:

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Hurricane Elsa Update

Elsa Strengthens Into A Hurricane As It Moves Across The Windward Islands

Hurricane Elsa:
8:30 am EDT/7:30 am CDT Statistics:
Location: 13.1 North Latitude, 60.1 West Longitude or about 75 miles to the east of St. Vincent.
Maximum Winds: 75 mph.
Minimum Central Pressure: 995 Millibars or 29.39 Inches.
Forward Movement: West-Northwest at a forward speed of 28 mph.

Elsa is certainly strengthening today and it is now a hurricane based on

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Hurricane Iota – Emergency Frequencies

In response to relief efforts following hurricane Iota’s landfall in the early morning hours of 17 NOV all amateur operators are requested to maintain clear frequencies on 7.180 MHz for Honduran emergency net operations (net control station – HR1JFA), and on 7.098 MHz for Nicaraguan emergency net operations.

Also, SATERN (The Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Net) will operate on 14.264 MHz or 14.312 MHz 2000-2359Z TUE, WED, and THU (17,18, 19 NOV).

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