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Monday, November 5, 2007

FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL

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WWUS74 KMRX 060211
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TNZ036>040-067>071-073-081>086-098>101-061015-

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
911 PM EST MON NOV 5 2007

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...
...FIRST FREEZE OF THE SEASON POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
TENNESSEE VALLEY...

.STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH OVERNIGHT. A LINE OF
SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AS WELL...WILL LIKELY CAUSE
ADDITIONAL GUSTY WINDS. AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES
TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DRAMATICALLY WITH THE FIRST
FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
TENNESSEE VALLEY.

COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:

/O.NEW.KMRX.FZ.A.0003.071107T0900Z-071107T1500Z/
ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-
JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-
MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE...
RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...
KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...SEVIERVILLE...DUNLAP...
PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...JASPER...
CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON
911 PM EST MON NOV 5 2007 /811 PM CST MON NOV 5 2007/

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL DRAMATICALLY AFTER THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE
WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING AS MUCH AS 20 DEGREES FROM MONDAYS
TEMPERATURES. OVERNIGHT LOWS WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE
LOW 30S AND UPPER 20S IN SOME AREAS.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION
THAT ARE LEFT UNPROTECTED.

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Anderson County ARES Information

The Anderson County ARES net meets every Tuesday Night at 7PM local time.
We use the the W4SKH Oak Ridge ARC repeaters.

The main repeater is: 146.880 PL Tone 88.5 (Currently Online)
The current back up is: 146.970 (Currently Online)

The ARES Nation Simplex Frequency is 147.420 and will used if required.

The net preamble for the Anderson County ARES net can be found here.
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New FCC BAND PLAN (pdf) Updated Version with a different layout HF Band Plan Vertical (pdf) Courtesy of KB6NU's Ham Radio Blog

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