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05-23-2024 - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are as follows: Arrowhead: 73.0% Kemp: 93.3% Kickapoo 73.2%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
05-23-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 89. South wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Tonight: A chance of thunderstorms before 7pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. South southeast wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
05-23-2024 - Good Morning! Here are some of our regular scanner radio targets: Amateur (ham) Radio (146.520, 147.140, 146.940. and 146.800 MHz), Walmart (154.570 MHz), Allred Unit (153.815 MHz), the County Jail (155.520 MHz), State Hospital (154.800 MHz) city transit buses (453.5375 MHz), school buses (152.360 MHz), school handheld radios (151.940 MHz), Air Evac Lifeteam (159.900 MHz), BNSF Railroad (160.920 MHz), Kickapoo Airport (122.700 MHz), Wichita Valley Airport (122.800 MHz), and the Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center (Wichita Falls remote) 269.250 MHz. Tune in with your scanner radio. This is the last day of the school year to hear the WFISD school buses. Enjoy while you can! My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready!
05-22-2024 - Do you remember when Auto's Grocery on Harrison was Otto's Grocery? Otto took the business name with him when he sold it some years ago. I drove by Auto's today. I also drove by the demolished Harrell School. West of the Harrell demolition site was the closed Subway sandwich shop. As the song title says, ". . . so falls Wichita Falls".
05-22-2024 - In the United Kingdom, some stores have tags you can place on shopping carts that need repair. Those wouldn't last a minute at a Wichita Falls Walmart! Our local Walmarts need a full-time front-end alignment technician.
05-22-2024 - A few of the local Wichita Falls area Skywarn® storm spotters are being dispatched to the Iowa Park area - as a precaution - as a small storm moves toward that area from the southwest. Dangerous weather is not anticipated. Tune in to 146.940 MHz with your scanner radio.
05-22-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - WASHINGTON, DC, May 21, 2024—On Thursday, at the FCC’s May Open Meeting, the FCC will vote on a proposal that would further strengthen the security of America’s communications networks. Under the bipartisan proposal, which Chairwoman Rosenworcel and Commissioner Carr jointly spearheaded, the FCC would ensure that the hundreds of labs and certification bodies that review and approve electronic devices for use in the U.S. are trustworthy actors that do not present national security risks, including the risk that they would do the bidding of a foreign adversary.
05-22-2024 - According to news reports, the Wichita Falls Railroad Museum will re-open. That calls for an Amateur (ham) Radio Special Event Station activation for those who are into that type of thing. Who, me? No, no, I'm too busy!
05-22-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for May 21-22, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Severe Weather - Central Plains / Midwest
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Weather – Southern Plains to the Northeast
• Heavy Rainfall / Flash Flooding – Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi
Valley
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• One amendment issued
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-22-2024 - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are as follows: Arrowhead: 73.3% Kemp: 93.3% Kickapoo 73.5%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
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05-22-2024 - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Minor) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)
05-22-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Increasing clouds, with a high near 81. South southeast wind 11 to 16 mph becoming north northeast in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Northeast wind 5 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
05-22-2024 - Good Morning! It's the last week of school for the WFISD! That means we'll be losing our local school buses - 153.360 MHz - as a regular scanner radio destination. On another note, I've been having so much fun with the Parks on the Air® program that I've neglected to tune in to CB Radio Channel 23 to see what the "Local Group" is up to. I'm referring to the group that meets on Channel 23 each evening at 5:30 PM. That's 12 hours from now. It's 5:30 AM, and my Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready!
05-21-2024 - I made contact with KG4SFB at Cumberland Mountain State Park (US-2939) in Tennessee on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-21-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - NOTIFICATION OF SUSPECTED ILLEGAL TRAFFIC & ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION OF ROBOCALL MITIGATION DATABASE FILING DEFICIENCIES - ALLIANT FINANCIAL . FCC Enforcement Bureau issues cease-and-desist letter to Alliant Financial for apparently originating illegal robocall traffic. The Bureau also issues this letter as additional notice to Alliant that its Robocall Mitigation Database filing is deficient.. Action by: Chief, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 2024-05-20 by LETTER. EB.
Released: 2024-05-20. FCC ENFORCEMENT BUREAU NOTIFIES ALL U.S.-BASED VOICE SERVICE PROVIDERS OF RULES PERMITTING THEM TO BLOCK CALLS TRANSMITTING FROM ALLIANT FINANCIAL . (DA No. 24-467). FCC Enforcement Bureau warns all U.S.-based voice providers of substantial amounts of apparently unlawful robocalls related to debt consolidation loans originating from Alliant Financial.. EB. Action by: Chief, Enforcement Bureau.
05-21-2024 - I made contact with W2ECK at Kankakee River State Park (US-1004) in Illinois on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-21-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – May 20–21, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Weather – Southern Plains to the Great Lakes
Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Upper Mississippi Valley & Great Lakes
Elevated Fire Weather – Southern Plains to Southwest
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Amendment No. 1 to FEMA-4781-DR-TX
Event Monitoring:
• No new significant events
05-21-2024 - The Clay County Amateur Radio Club conducts a weekly Skywarn® practice net on Tuesdays at 8:00 PM on the 146.800 and 146.680 MHz repeaters. Tune in with your scanner radio!
05-21-2024 - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (None) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)