Paulding County ARES® (Amateur Radio Emergency Service®) is a group of dedicated and trained Ham Radio operators that provide communications assistance
to Local, State and National agencies. These services can be utilized should conventional communications fail, to supplement existing communications,
or to provide needed communications for events such as parades, bike rides and other activities.
Paulding County ARES meets for a weekly net every Thursday evening at 7:30pm on the WB4QOJ repeater at 146.955 (-) 77Hz tone and is located in Dallas, GA.
For those that missed the ARRL 2016 Atlantic Season Hurricane Webinar, the recording of the webinar can be found in the link below.
Thank you Larry, K4LDC for providing the link to the recording!
ARRL 2016 Hurricane Preparedness Webinar Recording
Below are additional webinar recordings from NOAA regarding the 2016
hurricane season, as well as some general information behind the forecasting of hurricanes.
Hurricane Model Research and Application in NOAA
NHC Hurricane Specialist Michael Brennan and AOML Hurricane researcher Frank Marks conducted a webinar on May 10th, 2016, sponsored by NOAA’s Southeast and Caribbean Regional
Team. Michael explained how NHC forecasters use model guidance, and explained the caveats forecasters must consider when they rely on this guidance to create the official
forecast.
Recording of webinar
NOAA’s National Hurricane Center Product Updates
Dr. Rick Knabb, Director of NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC), provided an overview of the threats and historic losses associated with hurricane landfall in the US,
underscoring the need for timely warnings and preparations in advance of hurricanes. The latest NHC storm surge products were introduced and tropical cyclone product changes
planned for the 2017 hurricane season were previewed.
Recording of webinar
Storm Surge Forecasting at NOAA’s National Hurricane Center
Hurricane Specialist Robbie Berg from NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) discussed new products that convey the risk of storm surge from tropical cyclones. Robbie provided
an overview of the newest forecast product, the Potential Storm Surge Flooding Map, as well as the Prototype Storm Surge Watch/Warning Graphic that debuted during the 2015
hurricane season.
Recording of webinar
All of these recordings, as well as future recordings can be found at the
NOAA Southeast and Caribbean website.
When making storm reports to
the Net, please follow the below Reporting Criteria unless instructed
otherwise by Net Control.
Minimum Severe Reporting Criteria
- All tornado,
wall cloud, etc
- All hail reports allowed
- Only wind speeds and/or gusts
greater than 50 mph
- All severe hydro related events (flooding, flash flood,
etc)
- All notable damage generated from a storm
- All winter reports, IF
they have a significant impact
- All tropical reports, IF they have a
significant impact
What is NOT
allowed (unless otherwise requested by Net Control)
- No test reports.
- No lightning
reports
- No "sky is clear" reports
- No "storm is getting
stronger/weaker" reports
- No fog reports
- No
radar based reports
- No reports of what you are hearing on scanner /
ham radio / TV
- No rain measurements unless you believe it constitutes flood
conditions.
Use CoCoRaHS for precip reports!
- No
snow measurements unless you believe it constitutes a dangerous
situation
- No general information like "storm is passing the Georgia border"
