Manalapan Township ARES RACES

Manalapan Township ARES RACES The Manalapan Township ARES and RACES Group brings together amateur radio licensed operators who volunteer their skills to provide back up communications.

The Manalapan Township ARES* and RACES** Group brings together amateur radio (Ham) licensed operators who volunteer their skills to provide back up communications to the Township during emergencies. The Group supports both the Township's Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and the Township's MRC/CERT organizations. All that is required to join the Group is to have a minimum of a technician class

license and be willing to volunteer your services during a Township emergency. Extensive experience as an operator is not a pre-requisite to join the Group as there are many opportunities throughout the year to train and gain experience. The Group conducts local training nets twice each month and generally meets quarterly for specific training opportunities including the ARRL's national Field Day emergency communications test/contest each June. Other training opportunities occur throughout the year in support of the MRC/CERT group and its training exercises. The Group has provided back up communications to the Township during Hurricane Irene and Super storm Sandy. For further information please see the contact information on this page. 73

*ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services)
** RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services)

06/22/2019

Today, Saturday June 22 2019, the Manalapan Township ARES/RACES Team will be participating in the national ARRL Field Day from 9am to 6pm. The public is invited to join us at the Manalapan Township Municipal Building, Employee lot, to observe and participate.

The ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) RACES (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) Team will be using Ham Radio equipment and generators under "emergency conditions" to set up, operate, and make contact with others around the country and world.

As many of you may recall, during the Superstorm Sandy disaster of 2012, Manalapan Township was without many essential services for the better part of 2 weeks. The ARES/RACES team provided critical communication services for the Township shelter operations, coordination with County and State Services, and backup emergency service dispatch.

You are all invited to come down, say hello, see what we do, and even join in. We look forward to seeing you!

03/03/2019

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 AM EST MONDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy wet snow and sleet expected. Total snow and sleet
accumulations of 4 to 7 inches expected.

* WHERE...Portions of central and southern New Jersey, southeast
Pennsylvania, northeast Maryland and northern Delaware.

* WHEN...Rain and snow develops this afternoon, then all snow
occurs into this evening. Snow should mix with sleet from
southeast to northwest by later this evening, with even some
areas changing to rain especially closer to the coast. Any rain
or wintry mix changes back to snow before ending early Monday
morning.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel could be very difficult. Snowfall
rates of up to an inch per hour will be possible between about 5
PM and 11 PM, especially closer to Interstate 95. While the
precipitation will end before the Monday morning commute,
hazardous conditions should still be occurring from the earlier
heavy wet snow and sleet.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Winter Storm Warning for snow means severe winter weather
conditions will make travel very hazardous or impossible. If you
must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food and water in your
vehicle in case of an emergency.

The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can
be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

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10/03/2018

Nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts has been POSTPONED due to response efforts for .

NEW DATE: October 3, 2:18 - 2:20pm EDT

This test assesses operational readiness, distribution of a national message. https://t.co/gZ6Mf7bWZW

09/20/2018

Due to severe weather across much of the East Coast and ongoing response efforts, the national emergency alert test has been postponed to the backup date of Oct. 3, 2018 at 2:18 PM EDT.

Things to know:

đŸ”¹It’s a nationwide test of the same system (Wireless Emergency Alerts, or WEA) that pushes public emergency messages like AMBER alerts.

đŸ”¹The WEA system is overseen by FEMA & the Federal Communications Commission. This is different from a text message and your phone number is not shared with anyone.

đŸ”¹Presidential Alerts are one out of the three categories of alerts set by law. These are only for national emergencies and there is a process in place to draft and send the messages.

If you have more questions about the test, visit the FAQ at fema.gov/emergency-alert-test.

Hurricane Florence Threat Assessment
09/13/2018

Hurricane Florence Threat Assessment

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 95 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1...
05/15/2018

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 95
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
145 PM EDT Tue May 15 2018

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Southern Connecticut
Northern Delaware
Northeast Maryland
New Jersey
Southeast New York
Eastern Pennsylvania
Coastal Waters

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until
1100 PM EDT.

* Primary threats include...
Widespread damaging winds expected with isolated significant
gusts to 80 mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...A line of strong to severe storms will continue east from
central Pennsylvania. Embedded bowing structures should result in
widespread damaging winds.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north
northwest of Wilmington DE to 45 miles east southeast of Islip NY.
For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch
outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.

05/12/2018

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN OCEAN...
MERCER...NORTHERN BURLINGTON...SOUTHERN MONMOUTH...SOUTHEASTERN
BERKS...MONTGOMERY...SOUTHERN BUCKS...NORTHEASTERN CHESTER...
PHILADELPHIA AND NORTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...

At 652 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Richboro to Reamstown. Movement was east
at 50 mph.

Locations impacted include...
Philadelphia, Toms River, Reading, Trenton, Lakewood, Bensalem,
Jackson, Howell, Manalapan, Ewing, Norristown, Willingboro,
Pottstown, Tinton Falls, Phoenixville, Lansdale, West Norriton, East
Norriton, Lumberton and Florence.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is also occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for southern New
Jersey...and eastern and southeastern Pennsylvania.

03/21/2018

***3PM Storm Update***

Good afternoon! Attached is our latest forecast for additional snowfall after 2 PM this afternoon. This does not include snow that fell before then.

For the latest forecast information specific to your location, please visit weather.gov/phi and enter your city or zip code in the upper left.

03/21/2018

Greetings, I will be conducting a special winter storm net at 1500 hours local this afternoon. The net will be on the Manalapan Township ARES/RACES primary frequency of 146.550 simplex. Please check in so we can test the effectiveness of our equipment and ability to change frequencies from our regular nets, the efficacy of using e-mail as a notification tool for emergency nets and get real time local weather reports from those that check in.

If possible, please use back up power such as battery (HT's would be great) or generator. I realize the weather is terrible and forecast to be worse by 1500 so don't go to extraordinary lengths to use back up power. The first thing is for all to stay safe!

I will also broadcast a message over K2GE at 1130 hours about the special net.

Hope you are all coping well with the storm.

73 to all,

de N2UUS

03/21/2018

***1130 AM Update***

*Firstly, how much snow have you seen where you are? Please include your location and time of measurement in your report. This will now be our primary thread for posting reports so please post them here and many thanks to all the reports so far!

*As for the storm....transition from rain and mixed precipitation to snow continues at this hour over the Delmarva into southern New Jersey. The attached graphic is our latest snowfall forecast from 8 AM this morning through when the storm ends overnight. No major changes...jackpot will likely be a stretch running from just north of Philadelphia across Chester, Montgomery Counties running eastward into parts of central NJ.

*Snow will occur in bands of varying intensity...at times not snowing very heavily but then quickly picking up in intensity. If you must travel, please be aware of this and use extra caution!

*For the latest forecast details specific to your location, please visit weather.gov/phi and enter your city or zip code in the upper left.

03/20/2018

Another Nor'easter approaches. You can follow this link to the NWS Mt. Holly weather briefing from this morning. I will post the 1700 briefing link as soon as it is available,
www.weather.gov/media/phi/current_briefing.pdf

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